“i miss my brother likethe sea would miss saltif that were taken away.”

“There're three reasonspeople get away from here:gone good, gone bad orgone dead.”

“Stella scribbledin thick black textaacross half the pagesof my best storybook,filled with people who venturedwhere their hearts took them.Beautiful worlds beyond mine.”

“One more year and I will be closer to wherever I'm going.”

“I want out of this place.With no reminders."It stings -sulphur tearsin cinnamon rain.”

“I'm justthe reason they married.Mum saysI was a surprise.Dad saysI was an accident.Truth is ...I am their mistake.”

“If I let him touch me,it'd be like openinga one-waytelepathic tunnel.”