“She'd been in love with the man, and love is a scary thing. If not reciprocated, it can turn a person into a monster.”
“She was in love. In love with the same man she'd always been in love with-God save her.”
“When their love was not reciprocated, it could quickly turn to violent hatred.”
“The U.S. was the immigration country of choice even for alien jellyfish things that turned humans into scary monsters. It made you proud, really.”
“Is it possible for a person to love without wanting love back? Is anything so pure? Or is love, by its nature, a reciprocity, like oceans and clouds, an evaporating of seawater and a replenishing by rain?”
“That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frightenpeople, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.”