“You cannot be with someone just because you dont want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.”

“Kingsley nodded. 'Of course. Sophia always did say wisdom had to be earned.”

“Maybe weakness is a strength of a kind.”

“memories were tricky thingsthey werent stable. they changed with perception over time. they shifted, and [she] understood how the passage of time affected them. the hard working striver might recal...”

“Do not cry for me, Azrael. Do not waste your tears. You made your decision. And this is mine. Sacrifice seems to be my destiny. A funny thing for a selfish man, isn't it? They always called me weak...”

“As long as she could remember who she was, she was okay. She wouldn't go crazy. At least not today.”

“I hold you in the safest place I keep. Somewhere between memories and scars.”

“Life is just a slide. Back and forth between loving and leaving, remembering and forgetting, holding on and letting go.”

“The old adage that people only want what they cant have or what they cant tame is totally primitive. A being of higher origins will know instinctively that life on earth is a series of chances, mom...”

“But the you who you are tonight is the same you I was in love with yesterday, the same you Ill be in love with tomorrow.”

“Whenever I'm with you it's as though someone has reached inside my chest, until the pain is almost more than I can bear. And when I'm not with you, I'd give anything to feel that way again." He hea...”

“Music is the secret language that effortlessly connects our bodies, our minds, and our souls. Im addicted to the lyrics they speak to me in a way only he and I will understand. So, until its safe t...”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”