“It is dishonest to give me a poem and pretend to want my opinion when what you really want are reasons to live.”

“So we contemplate each other, and we want each other, and I give it life and warmth, and it gives me my reason for living.”

“You were the light when my entire world was dark. You gave me a reason to keep going when all I wanted to do was give up.”

“...I want my spirituality to rid me of hate, not give me reason for it.”

“If you want what visible realitycan give, you're an employee.If you want the unseen world,you're not living your truth.Both wishes are foolish,but you'll be forgiven for forgettingthat what you really want is love's confusing joy.”

“Reed’s face inches closer to mine on the pillow as he says, “Let me try to explain something to you, Evie. All of these years that I have been here, it is as if I have been sleeping. I have to always pretend to be something that I am not—pretend to be human. When I am not pretending to be human, then I am hunting evil, vicious angels who want nothing more than to…” his voice trails off and there is hollowness in his tone that reflects the loneliness of his existence. “But now, I am awake, for the first time in my existence, and not only am I awake, but I feel flames when you are near me. You have changed things for me. There is no reason to pretend around you. If I had to live without you now…now that I know what I have been missing…” The need in his voice makes me want to promise him anything, give him anything, just to fill that void in him. “I cannot go back to sleep, Evie. You are the only thing that makes me want to live. If you leave here, if you ascend to Paradise, or even if you are cast into the abyss, or taken there by the Fallen…I will have to follow you, no matter where you go. Even if I have to pursue you into the dark…if you cease to be, then so will I. You are my sin and my redemption.”