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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Seems silly, running.
May as well stand here.
And wait.
The world seems slow.
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.
But there is no echo of it in my mind.
So, I do what any reasonable person would do when faced with a crying girl.
I get the frex out of there.
I get the frex out of there.
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.
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.
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.
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.
silence
and stars
A million suns stretch out beyond me, their light piercing the darkness.
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?
I'll always come back to you, he tells me, pulling me close.
Always.
Beth Revis (Shades of Earth pg. 441)
Always.
Beth Revis (Shades of Earth pg. 441)
I am surrounded by death, inside and out, and all it does is remind me of how futile everything is, everything ever was.
Emotion courses through my veins, choking me. I feel so insignificant, a tiny speck surrounded by a million stars.
A million suns.
A million suns.
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.
People are, at their heart, constantly moving toward a state of entropy. Much like this ship. We're all spiraling out of control.
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 ...
You could drop me anywhere in the universe, blindfolded, and I'd know this was his room just from the smell.
It is like a piece of my soul had been lost, empty, and it is now filled with the light of a million stars.
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.
I open my mouth. I want o say: I'm breaking, and i need someone to hold me together.
But no sound comes out.
But no sound comes out.
(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.