“Reality crashed into my brain:  I'd never see my black tiger again. P. 420, Kelsey ”

“My beautiful boy, my lover, my friend. The man I thought I'd never see again. Sebastian.”

“The white tiger will always be your protector, Kelsey. Good-bye priyatama.”

“If I never see you again I will always carry youinsideoutsideon my fingertipsand at brain edgesand in centerscentersof what I am ofwhat remains.”

“But for my own example, I'd never believe one little kid could have so much brains!”

“I felt the pulse behind the fire raging now in my chest and realized that I'd found my heart again, just in time to wish I never had. To wish that I'd embraced the blackness while I'd still had the chance. I wanted to raise my arms and claw my chest open and rip the heart from it--anything to get rid of this toture. But I could't feel my arms, couldn't move one vanished finger.”