“Abandon hope, all ye who enter here”

“Connor has always been light to her. Pure light and hope in the face of sorrow and despair.”

“Ansel, I'm not the sun, stop orbiting and get in here.”

“The path is here," he said quietly. "But you are free to walk it or choose another way.”

“Shay strolled alongside me, humming 'Here Comes the Bride,' until I punched him in the kidney.”

“What are you even doing here?' I barred my fangs at Silas. 'Aren't you just a paper pusher?'That's my girl.' Connor smiled.”

“The first thing Connor said when I saw him after he'd been at the outpost for a few months was, 'I see you got breasts, congratulations. I hope you know how to use them.”