“Death is never swift... No matter how those left behind would like to comfort themselves with the thought. -Before Ever After”

“I didn't want the 'ever' that came after happily. I didn't... don't want to be the one left behind.”

“In my humble opinion, forever is a bitter brew." - Max; Before Ever After ♥”

“I said you weren’t inconsequential. No one is. We change at least one person’s life just by being born. If you don’t believe me, go ask your mother. The fellows who write history books may not think that’s so special. I happen to disagree. Isabelle and her family may be long gone, but because they lived, regardless of how small their lives may have been, I believe they are worth remembering, even if only by strangers. - BEFORE EVER AFTER”

“Fretting over how life ends, or anything else for that matter, is a complete waste of time.”

“Antoine knew what it was like to flee, to shed a life as though it were a cloak. He had learned to pack light. The less he had, the less he had to leave behind.”

“If we accept time for what it is, how it flows and how we flow with it, I doubt very much that would continue wasting loads of it by constantly checking our watches.”