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"I know. It just seemed wrong to leave it that way." "What way?" "Stuck in a life it wasn't meant for," I say softly.
If you were to ask me what I think now, I would tell you this: I still think knowledge is power, but I no longer think that power is always good.
Is it truly so difficult for people to live in honor of themselves and their own truths?
Give a fool a sliver of power and he will make himself a king. But he is still just a fool.
The person who stays calm always maintains the upper hand.
From ashes we are made, to ashes we return.
Soon, I will be the arrow to pierce his heart.
I want to be one of them, not because I crave power, but because I fear weakness. It is the way I have always been; I cannot be weak. The price is too high.
Trust what's in your heart, little Star. No one else knows the right path for you but you.
Remember, little Star, if you look like you know what you're doing, people will assume you do.
I try to imagine myself without grief, without anger, but I cannot. "What remains?" "Hope," she says, smiling. "Hope remains."
He stares into my eyes. "I can't lose you." I shake my head and pull away. "I was never yours to lose, Jax."
Remember, Jaxton Lux. Remember who you are.
There's a sick pleasure in watching something beautiful burn. That's the illness in human nature, that we revel in destruction.
"All things pass on, and something new is made in their place. Tonight is about letting go. Tomorrow, we will let in the new."
