“Never limit yourself to what you can't do, but to what you have the power to do with what you have.”

“Is our blood not the same color? Do we not bleed the same or share each other's burdens? ... What makes you and I so different, Ayden?”

“You asked what I wanted and I'm not going to lie to you. What I want most is the naked truth. I want to strip away every stubborn layer until you're bared to me. And then I'm going to show you how to love right.”

“Life can be seen through several spectrums of light, but it’s the person who is doing the soul searching that defines what they may see.”

“Everything and everyone has a place to be, Echo. It’s just a matter of how they get there and when. You have a place; you just have to find it.”

“You just know something is amiss, when you look at someone and long for something that is not yours or you cannot have. It's an absence--a loss of a heartbeat.”

“You never forget your first and true love, Ayden Grey. Not officially, not ever.”