“…the truth was more powerful than a lie could ever be (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Sometimes, people meant it when they smiled. Other times, they smiled because they wanted to mean it.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“War?’ The word held too much definition for three letters.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“I’m not mad. I already told you that. We all have mistakes in our past…and our future. It’s a fact of life.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Tomorrow can take me,” he said. “I don’t need today anyway.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“I can’t take back the past, but I can fight for the future.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“I was falling in love with her, and she was falling in love with me. It was fated, decided before any of us were born, and I hated it as much as I loved it. I could barely stand it. (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Chaos within destiny. It was the definition of our love.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Fate was tricky like that. It consumed us when we thought we were free, and it freed us when we thought we were captured.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“It’s not the best life in the world, but it’s all I know.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“My life wasn’t horrible, but I didn’t see any passionate reason to love it.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Someone who doesn’t know if tomorrow will come would rather live every day twice than live it once.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“What fueled this hatred? Society.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Anyone could be anybody. (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Neither of us asked to be born descendants, yet I’d be rewarded with his death, and we couldn’t prevent that. No one could. (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“I knew nothing of death, and, for some unexplainable reason, I was beginning to feel guilty for that. -Jessica”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Identity was everything, but it seemed I never had one. (Jessica)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Just because I wasn’t human, didn’t mean I could discount human life. (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Shadows could be anywhere in blackness. (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Her kiss could kill us, and my consent signed our death certificates, selfishly and without control. (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“I wanted to survive—not for my kind, but for trust, for friendship, for another being. (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“I didn’t even have a name for her, shade or human, but I didn’t need one to know her. (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“…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)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“I wasn’t in the mood for a fight, but fights weren’t always conveniently scheduled. (Jessica)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Everything seemed so unreal—so supernatural—and I had to remind myself that is was. We weren’t human. We never were. (Jessica)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“I’d prefer you accuse my son, so he can defend his innocence rather than prolong unnecessary guilt.” (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“I wanted to protect her, and, if I couldn’t do that, I’d at least be there for her. (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“My insanity begged for a distraction. (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“I wasn’t sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Don’t trust anybody else—no matter how close you are to them.” (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson