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Choice or no, my heart is his.

I choose this," I say, my voice ragged with want. "I choose you.

What if eternity is nothing more than me, alone, in the darkness?

I never thought about how important the sky was until I didn't have one.

I want her so much that it overrides everything else, every other thought in my head, every instinct, every restraint.

It's not knowing that's killing me. Not knowing if there's a chance that something can change, not knowing if there's hope at all.

Maybe one day the smears of paint Harley left throughout Godspeed will fade, and maybe the stars never will, but i'd rather have Harley's colors.

Is almost a good enough reason for fear ?

I'm sorry.' The two most inadequate words in the English language.

As soon as the words slip past my lips, I wish I could grab them with my hands and crush them in my fists.
But I can't.
The words are there.

We are, at least in part, who we remember ourselves to be. Take away our memories, and you take away our selves.

This is the secret of the stars, I tell myself. In the end, we are alone. No matter how close you seem, no one else can touch you. ~ Amy

Love without choice isn't love at all.

You never know all of a person; you only know them in a specific moment of time.

We all die someday. Maybe the only thing that makes that fact bearable is the idea that death is the only way we can return to the stars.

This is what I'm king of: a whirling mass of humans who either hate me or ignore me.

It's always in the rain...

Remember that time I punched you in front of my father's grave? I ask in a sentimental voice.

I feel hollow inside, as if there's a black hole where my heart was, as if I am caving in around myself.

But why run? Run where? What's the point?
Seems silly, running.
May as well stand here.
And wait.
The world seems slow.

I've never seen the stars before.
And I never knew they were so beautiful.

Science can make a heart beat," Jack says softly, each word falling on me like a caress. "But it can't make it race.

And I try to remember if this happened before, because this is a memory I would want to keep.
But there is no echo of it in my mind.

Old people die. It's what they do. ~ Amy

So, I do what any reasonable person would do when faced with a crying girl.
I get the frex out of there.

I hug my knees, burying my face in my arms.
This room feels very large, and I feel very small.

I told Victria that love is a choice, and I told myself that I didn't have to choose Elder, but I can't forget the way my heart stopped when his did.

Holding Amy against me, I realize the simple truth is that power isn't control at all - power is strength, and giving that strength to others.

Will you stay with me?" I whisper.
"Always.

She was a good person. She didn't deserve to die."
"I don't think it works that way.

Even when you're silent, even when you block out all noise, you body is still a cacophony of life.

There's a war going on, that much is clear. And I'm no longer sure I'm on the right side.

I would trade all the stars in the universe if I could just have him back again.

She stops speaking, but I can hear her silent sobs. They're the loudest thing I've ever heard.

We're so close we could touch. All it would take is for me to reach out my hand. But neither of us makes a move.

They'll never truly be able to comprehend how much was lost for their limitless sky.

So you're sticking with me, and I'm sticking with you.

Who are the real monsters?

Wannagogardenwime?" I ask all in one breath. My eyes grow wide. What came over me? Why would I blurt that out like that? ~Elder

I'd been prepared for the goodbyes - as prepared as anyone could be, I guess - but I wasn't at all prepared for a hello.

It wasn't that he called me a freak. It was the way he said it. Like he really meant it. Like he believed it.

The sea is a dangerous place because it makes you believe in forever.

I look up. And I am surrounded by the universe.
silence
and stars
A million suns stretch out beyond me, their light piercing the darkness.

Sometimes writing is hard. You know what's not hard? Watching Netflix. That's easy.

Even though I know the rain is fake, it feels the same as real rain, and I desperately need that.

If we don't have that, what do we have to live for? Does it matter if it's a lie if it keeps us alive?

Well, sometimes home is a person.

You could have valued our lives more than your secrets.

People will survive anything for their children.

It's Elder who's my safe place. Elder's my home.

And it is everything I have longed for, and everything that breaks my heart.

I never knew how easy it is to escape if you don't mind leaving nearly everything behind.

Be fearless. Write what you want. Write how you want. Create art.

This is... mating, it's not love.

I'll always come back to you, he tells me, pulling me close.
Always.
Beth Revis (Shades of Earth pg. 441)

And there is nothing between us but rain.
Then there is nothing between us at all.

I'm not human.
I'm better.

I am surrounded by death, inside and out, and all it does is remind me of how futile everything is, everything ever was.

What is in our hearts is real whether we name it or let it exist only in darkness or silence.

Family is never really gone.

Emotion courses through my veins, choking me. I feel so insignificant, a tiny speck surrounded by a million stars.
A million suns.

It's bad, being frozen, but it's better than waking up alone.

Maybe I'm reading too much into this. It's probably nothing. But I've had "nothing" for too long, and I'm ready for something. Anything.

Kayleigh was right. Without the pills, you really do feel nothing.
And nothing can be nice.

She stares back into me, as if we are both seeking a humanity that neither of us has.

A leader doesn't make pawns - he makes people.

He's the only stable thing in the swirling chaos.

People are, at their heart, constantly moving toward a state of entropy. Much like this ship. We're all spiraling out of control.

I'd rather have answers than weapons.

Of everyone on this ship, even the frozen bodies of my parents, Elder's the only one who handed me truth and waited for me to accept it.

More than the sound of my own beating heart, I miss the sound of a ticking clock. Time passes. It must pass ...

If I can only see him in madness, is it worth trying to hold onto sanity?

It's hard to think about all the bad when she reminds me of all that's good.

If someone loves you, he'll wait for you to love him back

You could drop me anywhere in the universe, blindfolded, and I'd know this was his room just from the smell.

She holds the brightly colored wires in her hand. "Well, that did the trick," she says, smiling.

I cannot imagine a more perfect hell than being trapped inside my own mind.

And I know without being told that she killed herself. And I totally understand why.

It is like a piece of my soul had been lost, empty, and it is now filled with the light of a million stars.

Amy looks up at me, her eyes melting jade.

How ironic it would be, to die at his hands while trying to save him, when he first came to me because he was trying to save me.

Memories always kill nightmares.

I open my mouth. I want o say: I'm breaking, and i need someone to hold me together.
But no sound comes out.

It sparkles in the dim light of the room, and when he shakes it out, dust mingles with glitter.

I have never desired anything more than him in this moment.

I have emotions, I whisper. I am nothing but a black hole of emotions.

I might have the whole world now, but it's not enough if I don't get to share it with her.

I
quit
thinking.

I can get closer.

It's not selfish to be yourself and pursue your dreams.

But how can I be disappointed in space?

(D)reams are like that: they go in and out of memories and scenes, but they're never real. They're never real, and I hate them because they aren't.

And I know what I told my father was true: let us taste the world, and we'll do whatever it takes to shape it into our home.

I learned long ago that home is a word that applies to people, not places ... Didn't matter to me where I was - it mattered who I was with.

I'm running as if the force of the wind whipping around my body will be enough to keep all the pieces of me from crumbling.

And I look at Harley, and the billions of stars are in his eyes, and he's drinking them up, pouring them into his soul.

We can fight, and we can disagree, but I'm never going to let you walk away from me thinking I don't love you.

That was before I'd started thinking about how life stuck on a ship wouldn't be so bad if Elder walked around pantless more.

Don't you see? Those monsters you've been so worried about. Not aliens. People. The monsters have always been people.

But Amy," Elder says. "Space suits!