“If anything attacked us, we could just panic at it until it went away.”

“I didn't even feel my face hitting the pond. Everything was darkness, glorious darkness and the final, perfect absence of pain. It was done, all of it, the running and the fighting, and the pain. A...”

“We hated each other so well and loved each other so badly...”

“But sometimes the pieces fall together the way they want to, and you can't change the story; all you can do is try to ride it out.”

“Hello? I peered into the shadows.Two green circles flashed in the dark. I yelped, jumping backward and pressing myself against the wall.And may I wish a very good morning to you, too, October. The ...”

“Only an idiot would trust a Kelpie this close to the water. Getting on its back with the scent of the sea in the air would be a fast, painful means of suicide, and I'm not a fan of pain.”

“We are on strike, we, the men of the mind.We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on strike against the dogma ...”

“If only it were possible to love without injury fidelity isnt enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her. The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body...”

“She looks at the swings, and I can see shes imagining what theyd look like if the kids werent there. The guilt of this holds her down momentarily. It appears to be there constantly. Never far away,...”

“It's when you take somebody's innocence that you also take their life.”

“Should is my all time least favorite word. Its this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up others and ourselves.”

“Lucas heard a strange sound, something he hadnt heard in months. At first it didnt seem real, it was something distant from the past. It was the first time in nearly a year he had heard himself lau...”