“One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Fate was a reality, but it wasn’t a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And we’d fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to me to guarantee our survival of it. (Eric)”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“I found him between a reality and a nightmare.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Sometimes we hurt the ones we love, but hurting ourselves to avoid it doesn’t make it better.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“A heroic act is not always followed by glory and parades and forever freedom,” she said. “It’s often small, disregarded, or forgotten. But it matters.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“All love is immortal.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Love was a lot more complicated when you had a lot of time on your hands.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Remember how far you’ve come, and you won’t have to rely on a destiny for your future. It will come on your own.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Some rumors said she was a demon from another world. Other rumors said she was death incarnate, someone to remind us of our misdeeds. But no one had said how beautiful she was. No one had mentioned her eyes. The ones that showed color only for a second. A hint of beauty in absolute blackness.”
— Shannon A. Thompson
“Among my stillness was a pounding heart.”
— Shannon A. Thompson