“I wanted her to notice me, to pay attention to me. It was an irrational desire, one Id never experienced before.”

“I wanted so much from her. I wanted her to help me understand the erratic and irrational way she made me feel. I wanted her to tell me why I could hardly breathe. I felt like I was drowning every t...”

“We are humanity, the banner read. Wrong. Were pale reflections of it, weak shadows, distant echoes.”

“We all know interspecies romance is weird.”

“Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.”

“Sometimes I wore smiles but didnt feel them. Sometimes I felt them and didnt wear them. I didnt want her to know how much I craved this. I bit my bottom lip.”

“But that was two years ago. She wasnt sexy to me anymore. Now she was lethal.”

“But we were different now. I wanted only his pain, and judging from the girl hed come home with last night, Madoc was still the same. A user.”