Endless Quotes

“It is not yet their time.”
― Crystal Ash, Endless

“My heart stopped when those eyes met mine again, the ancient wisdom in them unmistakable.”
― Crystal Ash, Endless

“Daren said he would watch over me too." "Yeah, your brother is going to be big and strong one day. Just like your dads, huh?" I kissed her forehead and started to get up from her bedside. "No...I mean, uncle Daren...”
― Crystal Ash, Endless

“I thought being ambidextrous came in handy as an assassin, but I found it much more useful in parenting.”
― Crystal Ash, Endless

“Daren leaned forward, peering into the pool with a scrutinizing gaze. I wondered then, as I often did, which one of us made him. Rori was obviously mine. But with Daren, it was less obvious. He was quiet and thoughtful, like Shadow, and a hands-on learner who loved tinkering, like Jandro. Some of his physical features reminded me of Reaper and Daren, the uncle he never got to know and his namesake. But mostly, he looked like Mari. He sure as shit inherited her fear of water.”
― Crystal Ash, Endless

“Dad-life had infected Gunner with a childlike excitement about all the little things. He was the fun dad, for sure. Me? I considered myself the teacher. I took every opportunity I could to show the kids how something worked, whether it was cooking or the bubbles in their bath. Shadow was the neurotic, overprotective one, although he was getting better at dialing it back. Reaper, oddly enough, turned out to be the most well-balanced of us.”
― Crystal Ash, Endless

“While the five of us each had our own idea of leniency and strictness with the kids, Shadow definitely veered into overprotective territory. His life experiences made him never want our children to suffer so much as a scratch. The rest of us had to occasionally reassure him it was normal for a kid to fall or scrape themselves sometimes. It was how they grew and learned their own body’s limits.”
― Crystal Ash, Endless

“We walked out of the auditorium together with Reaper leading the way and Jandro at his side, Gunner next to me and Daren, and Shadow bringing up the rear. Small habits like these were the hardest to change.”
― Crystal Ash, Endless

“We were the first medical school graduates of Four Corners, a small class of twelve. Five of us were women. It had been a rigorous training program, and next year's graduating class was already double the size. Most of my class already had jobs lined up in nearby territories or here in Four Corners.”
― Crystal Ash, Endless

“Our son, Daren Javier, watched me from Shadow's shoulders. He couldn't be more different from Aurora, to the point where some couldn’t believe they shared a womb. Daren was all quietness and observation to Aurora's sunshiny boisterousness. His hair and eyes were dark, lips always pressed together like he was deep in thought.”
― Crystal Ash, Endless

“Our daughter, Aurora May, sat on Gunner's shoulders. She was his spitting image, from the mass of golden curls to her permanent smile and daredevil personality. Her eyes were green instead of blue, however, which made me wonder if Reaper's DNA played any part in creating her. It wasn't possible, in the strictly scientific sense. But her fathers and I had saved this territory from the impossible years ago, so I wasn't about to completely rule it out.”
― Crystal Ash, Endless