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“Even those who feel the most can feel empty. Do you want to know what it means to be alive? It’s not perfection. It’s not being okay all the time. It’s having fears. Feeling like you aren’t good enough. Trying every day to be better. Your tears reflect how beautifully imperfect you are. What could be more human than that?”
The moon could tell the sun all about her bad decisions later.
When the woman raised her gun, Takeshi snapped, “I strongly advise pointing that elsewhere.” The woman paused, glancing over her shoulder. “And why is that?” “Because if she gets another scratch, you’d need a much bigger gun to survive.” Takeshi’s chin lowered, his eyes filled with dark retribution.
Good people still lie.”
From her short and tragic existence, Khalani knew all too well that looking to some mysterious force for saving was a foolish effort.
“Nonsense. Winnie could run a marathon right now,” Winnie declared. “What’s a marathon?” Derek asked. “From my research on the Great Collapse, it was their code word for hell.”
Fears aren’t always so bad. They remind you of everything you have to live for.”
“No, no. No crying or else you’ll ruin the makeup.” Serene fanned her face frantically. “I lied. You look like shit and we’re all gonna die.”
“I know you have the biggest heart, because in another story, I would’ve wanted you to be my ending.”
Peace was a privilege only the free possessed.
“You’re paler than normal,” he said, almost like an accusation. “Thanks. I didn’t get much sun growing up.”
It reminded her of an important lesson. One she’d been close to forgetting. There were far more good people in the world than there were bad. It didn’t always seem that way because evil tended to be louder. But hope resided in the quiet moments.
“Aren’t you gonna touch me?” she challenged, a playful edge to her voice. “I’m enjoying the view.” “And what do you think?” “I think you’re mine.”
Silence is support.
“It’s okay to feel everything. Or nothing at all. Sometimes, emptiness takes up the most space.”
