“The mind always found its way back to baseline.”

“This is the future, Lycan said. Connecting people to each other directly.”

“What?" The dread in her tone told Rob she knew what. "How much longer?""Thirty seconds."She laughed with a panicked urgency. "I just tried to nod. I can't feel my body, but I keep reaching for it, ...”

“The guaranteed cure for heartbreak: find pain thats much, much worse.”

“Why was it so unlikely that you could meet your soul mate by hitting her with your vehicle? Why was it more likely youd meet her at your cousins wedding?”

“This is the future,” Lycan said. “Connecting people to each other directly.”

“The heart was made to be broken.”

“He does something to me, that boy. Every time. Its his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”

“Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.”