“Life is pain. We are all in pain, all the time.""There are other things this universe has to offer," says the creature, "Light, live, touch, sensation. The way you are all made of the same pieces; ...”

“What does it mean? Flynn turns to gaze at me, eyes finally meeting mine.I find myself smiling because I know exactly what it means. It means the clouds are clearing on Avon.”

“His eyes move to my lips, and I know hes thinking the same thing; I can feel it in the way the air charges between us. I can almost taste him half an inch away, can feel the way the tiny hairs on m...”

“He cant take his eyes off the stars, but I cant take mine off his face.”

“My breath catches, responding to an unfamiliar pull in my chest, an ache in my soul. I shouldnt miss him, but I do; this boy who had every right to pull that trigger, and instead threw himself betw...”

“We see them as they cannot, will not, see each other--we see his heart in the way he looks at her; we see her soul calling out for his every touch. It would be so easy if they could only see inside...”

“When artificial intelligence comes of age, the first thing it's going to do is get rid of the inefficient parts.And guess who that will be!And what will happen to us?Well, to find out the answer to...”

“The intelligence we will create from the reverse-engineering of the brain will have access to its own source code and will be able to rapidly improve itself in an accelerating iterative design cycl...”

“The AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which it can use for something else.”

“His lips slowly twitched. As a gentleman, I think you should sleep off the drugs in your system. Again, his wide, full lips curved wickedly. Unless you plan to move your hand lower, then I might fo...”

“Its the beauty that helps us return from the harshness. If it wasnt there, we would have nothing to live for.”

“Its nothing compared to happiness.I snorted through gritted teeth. What happiness?Exactly.Reality interrupts Jaw clenching, my nostrils flared as I felt a gush of blood flow.A whisper. Life. His bl...”

“The glow flares brightbright as the billion-year-old light around us. Bright as a sun.Almost every particle in the universe was once part of a star.First, hydrogen condensing and collapsing, bringi...”

“All he cares about here on the edge of forever, is her. He does not want to die. Not because he is afraid. Simply because he cannot bear the thought of leaving her behind.”

“AIDEN: DID WE NOT ESTABLISH THIS DURING YOUR FAILED ATTEMPTS ON THE BRIDGE? YOU CANNOT HOPE TO MATCH ME. MY COMPUTATIONAL POWER IS ALMOST INCALCULABLY SUPERIOR TO YOURS. TO ONE SUCH AS MYSELF, YOU ...”