"I wasn't sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric)"

"Damn the way he had control over me."

"Tell me, how do get away from your own self? she questioned. I knew what she meant with a sickening realization. They knew what I was. Somehow, they had found out my only secret."

"The feeling of death is not as peaceful as they make it sound in movies and books. It was frightening and empty...I never want to feel it again."

"She was strong and stubborn but loving. She was an untouchable angel with a devil's mark. She was beautiful."

"Those are the bad guys, right?'Depends on who wins, I guess."

"I was born into chaos. I didn't know what peace felt like."

"Why do they hate us?' He paused. 'We didn't do anything wrong."

"I leaned against the desk, ran my hand over my father's paperwork, and picked up a pen. Turning around, I shoved it into my father's hand. 'What's this?' he asked, raising a brow. 'You'll need it to sign my death certificate, ' I said, pain vibrating my veins against my muscles and bones. 'Are we done now? (Eric)"

"I found him between a reality and a nightmare."

"Among my stillness was a pounding heart."

"The closer he was the less confident I was."

"His entire presence was like gravity, impossible to forget, possible to believe in, a theory merged into a law."

"The dark, twisting clouds that had settled over Vendona's streets seemed to open up and glide past the winking moon. The wind moaned slowly as it died while the trees began dancing with a melody only known to nature. The city became alive, and time raced forward as the sky warmed slightly. It was no longer snowing."

"Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I'll wake up with sweat drenching my chest and think it's the blood and muck I was covered in that night."

"Sometimes, lies were the same things as wishes. Sometimes, wishes were things to hate."

"Watching them was like watching the sunset and the sunrise, equally beautiful in different ways."

"Shadows could be anywhere in blackness. (Eric)"

"His resonating stare fluttered through my memory, and I shivered. I hadn't seen kindness in his pupils. I only saw intensity, and, I hated to admit it, but he was beyond intimidating. He was overwhelming. (Jessica)"

"I don't believe that, ' I said, and he raised his brow beneath his shaggy hair. 'I never asked you to. (Jessica)"

"The truth was more powerful than a lie could ever be (Eric)"

"Love crosses the sky \ on a peculiar disturbing night."

"I wasn't in the mood for a fight, but fights weren't always conveniently scheduled. (Jessica)"

"Being a child sucked. Being a teenager was worse. And being an adult seemed so far away that I had a better chance at swimming the length of the ocean than growing up."

"One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica)"

"Instead of a criminal or a drug addict, I was looking at a boy - just a boy."

"I thought of all the hardships and people that I had lost in the past few days alone, but, most of all, I thought of how I didn't regret any of it."

"Until they feel what we feel, they will never fully understand the own hell they caused."

"Someone who doesn't know if tomorrow will come would rather live every day twice than live it once."

"She was always daydreaming. She never wanted to live in the real world; she always seemed to be separated from other children her age. They couldn't understand her or her imagination. She was always thinking outside of the box, breaking rules, and only following what her heart told her was right."

"She affected me, even when she was absent."

"Harmony would only come with destruction."

"It's my job to lead you to success, and, if you fail, it's because I failed, not you.' (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric)"

"The rebel inside of me always ignored the rules."

"Fate was tricky like that. It consumed us when we thought we were free, and it freed us when we thought we were captured."

"I wouldn't be who I am today if it wasn't for the people I had met and the people I had lost."

"Tomorrow can take me, he said. 'I don't need today anyway."

"Chaos within destiny. It was the definition of our love."

"Differences disappear when faced with death."

"Bad bloods aren't born evil or dangerous. We are taught to be, but only because we have to if we want to survive."