“You can try to avoid getting hurt six ways from Sunday, but it still might happen.”
“Avoiding life, avoiding making any concrete plans for your life--that's just one way you're pretending you can keep bad things from happening to you again.”
“Sometimes even stuff you expect to happen can still hurt”
“Imitate. Don’t be shy about it. Try to get as close as you can. You'll never get all the way, and the separation might be truly remarkable.”
“If you think living with Ivy and trying to avoid getting bitten was difficult, wait until you try living with her while trying to find a blood balance. This isn’t an easier road, Rache,” he said, gaze distant and unaware of the worry he was starting in me. “It’s a harder one. And you’re going to be hurting all the way along it.”
“Fate has a way of getting what she wants, no matter how we try to avoid it.”