Shannon A. Thompson quotes:

Anyone could be anybody. (Eric)

Shadows could be anywhere in blackness. (Eric)

I remembered every moment between us, and every moment felt more precious as time passed.

Identity was everything, but it seemed I never had one. (Jessica)

Among my stillness was a pounding heart.

We had grown into one another somewhere along the way. We were officially a team.

His entire presence was like gravity, impossible to forget, possible to believe in, a theory merged into a law.

Watching them was like watching the sunset and the sunrise, equally beautiful in different ways.

Sometimes battles are unavoidable.

Being a child sucked. Being a teenager was worse. And being an adult seemed so far away that I had a better chance at swimming the length of the ocean than growing up.

Sometimes an outside perspective is the clearer perspective.

I knew nothing of death, and, for some unexplainable reason, I was beginning to feel guilty for that. -Jessica

I would only blame myself if something happened to you.

When I first met him, he was everything I wanted to be, but over time, he showed me how I wanted to be myself, and that was how I fell in love with him.

What fueled this hatred? Society.

He's been through so much and to watch that boy suffer makes me wish this world wasn't so cruel.

We were together even when we were apart.

My problem stemmed from not forgiving myself.

It's alright, kiddo. I'll love you no matter how you are. No matter if you are gifted or not, your mother and I will love you all the way to the end of forever...

He was acting like our kiss had broken him, and his reaction was breaking me.

I didn't particularly feel like explaining myself to eighteen bewildered people.

His hands fell to my hips, and his fingers dug through my rain-drenched clothes.

Until they feel what we feel, they will never fully understand the own hell they caused.

I wanted to punch him and understand him at the same time.

War?' The word held too much definition for three letters.