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1 " One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica) "
― Shannon A. Thompson , Minutes Before Sunset (Timely Death, #1)
2 " Fate was a reality, but it wasn’t a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And we’d fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to me to guarantee our survival of it. (Eric) "
3 " I wasn’t sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric) "
4 " Don’t trust anybody else—no matter how close you are to them.” (Eric) "
5 " I wanted to protect her, and, if I couldn’t do that, I’d at least be there for her. (Eric) "
6 " My insanity begged for a distraction. (Eric) "
7 " I wasn’t in the mood for a fight, but fights weren’t always conveniently scheduled. (Jessica) "
8 " Everything seemed so unreal—so supernatural—and I had to remind myself that is was. We weren’t human. We never were. (Jessica) "
9 " Identity was everything, but it seemed I never had one. (Jessica) "
10 " Just because I wasn’t human, didn’t mean I could discount human life. (Eric) "
11 " Shadows could be anywhere in blackness. (Eric) "
12 " Her kiss could kill us, and my consent signed our death certificates, selfishly and without control. (Eric) "
13 " I wanted to survive—not for my kind, but for trust, for friendship, for another being. (Eric) "
14 " I didn’t even have a name for her, shade or human, but I didn’t need one to know her. (Eric) "
15 " ...it’s my job to lead you to success, and, if you fail, it’s because I failed, not you.’” (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric) "
16 " Anyone could be anybody. (Eric) "
17 " Neither of us asked to be born descendants, yet I’d be rewarded with his death, and we couldn’t prevent that. No one could. (Eric) "
18 " I knew nothing of death, and, for some unexplainable reason, I was beginning to feel guilty for that. -Jessica "
19 " I was falling in love with her, and she was falling in love with me. It was fated, decided before any of us were born, and I hated it as much as I loved it. I could barely stand it. (Eric) "
20 " ...the truth was more powerful than a lie could ever be (Eric) "