Shannon A. Thompson Quotes

Shadows could be anywhere in blackness. (Eric)

My insanity begged for a distraction. (Eric)

Watching them was like watching the sunset and the sunrise, equally beautiful in different ways.

I don't believe that," I said, and he raised his brow beneath his shaggy hair.
"I never asked you to."
(Jessica)

The rebel inside of me always ignored the rules.

We are causing war and destruction among ourselves for all the wrong reasons.

But this girl - She reminded me of what it was like to believe in something. Her hope was naïve, but it was real, and I hadn't felt something real in years. Nothing positive anyways. (Eric)

Every second of everyday I still love them, and I won't believe they are dead until I see it for myself.

Our love was a river, always changing under the mercy of nature's elements, but we continued to flow, even when we trickled.

I wasn't in the mood for a fight, but fights weren't always conveniently scheduled. (Jessica)

The number of people that reside on our side will be the determination for a good result. Or a terrible one.

I would only blame myself if something happened to you.

I wanted to protect her, and, if I couldn't do that, I'd at least be there for her. (Eric)

His entire presence was like gravity, impossible to forget, possible to believe in, a theory merged into a law.

A heroic act is not always followed by glory and parades and forever freedom," she said. "It's often small, disregarded, or forgotten. But it matters.

Until they feel what we feel, they will never fully understand the own hell they caused.

Damn the way he had control over me.

I'm assuming you have a reason behind this irrational need to conform to this institution. (Eric)

I truly loved her for the short period time that we had been together. I felt as if she was part of my destiny. To see that destiny leave was the most unexplainable feeling. It was also the worst.

Being a child sucked. Being a teenager was worse. And being an adult seemed so far away that I had a better chance at swimming the length of the ocean than growing up.

I wanted to survive - not for my kind, but for trust, for friendship, for another being. (Eric)

The truth was more powerful than a lie could ever be (Eric)

You just love them both and want them to get along. You're guilty of nothing.

I was a person full of wishes but without a star.

These children are our future. We were children once. All of us were. Bad bloods are an evolution. They are a mutation, not a disease, and we will all have these special abilities one day. Are we going to kill all of our children then? Are we going to kill our future? Because that is what we are heading towards. A dead future.

My problem stemmed from not forgiving myself.

Someone who doesn't know if tomorrow will come would rather live every day twice than live it once.

When I first met him, he was everything I wanted to be, but over time, he showed me how I wanted to be myself, and that was how I fell in love with him.

Without this flock, I would be worthless. Without the people in this flock, I'd be empty. Without the people who started this flock, I'd be dead.

I thought that love at first sight was something that was only in cheesy movies and romantic novels until that moment.

Some rumors said she was a demon from another world. Other rumors said she was death incarnate, someone to remind us of our misdeeds. But no one had said how beautiful she was. No one had mentioned her eyes. The ones that showed color only for a second. A hint of beauty in absolute blackness.

Love was a lot more complicated when you had a lot of time on your hands.

Her kiss was a good-bye and a promise and a dream.

I wasn't sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric)

No one wanted to die with secrets in their grave.

I don't say goodbye unless I think it's final.

I was born into chaos. I didn't know what peace felt like.

Identity was everything, but it seemed I never had one. (Jessica)

I'm just helping someone who is unfortunate. Is that a crime?

The comfort was peculiarly chilling.

One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica)

The rules of life are nothing that cannot be fixed.

I'd prefer you accuse my son, so he can defend his innocence rather than prolong unnecessary guilt. (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric)

I found him between a reality and a nightmare.

Every monster could be saved.

War makes animals of men, and we can't let that happen to us. If we do, we won't have any chance of survival.

The feeling of death is not as peaceful as they make it sound in movies and books. It was frightening and empty ... I never want to feel it again.

I may be a homeless, old man, but that doesn't make me worthless.

War?' The word held too much definition for three letters.

Sometimes, lies were the same things as wishes. Sometimes, wishes were things to hate.

The dark, twisting clouds that had settled over Vendona's streets seemed to open up and glide past the winking moon. The wind moaned slowly as it died while the trees began dancing with a melody only known to nature. The city became alive, and time raced forward as the sky warmed slightly. It was no longer snowing.

We were together even when we were apart.

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I'll wake up with sweat drenching my chest and think it's the blood and muck I was covered in that night.

I couldn't help but feel as if everyone had lied about everything. We all had secrets. We all had a dark side to our innocent cover. I wondered what we would be like, if we had been completely honest with each other in the first place. Maybe more people would be alive, but then again, more people could be dead.

Luthicer hummed. "You're either brave or very foolish."
"What's the difference?" (Eric)

Just because I wasn't human, didn't mean I could discount human life. (Eric)

Fate was a reality, but it wasn't a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And we'd fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to me to guarantee our survival of it. (Eric)

I knew why love was always described with eternity. A single minute stretched out for lifetimes.

I remembered every moment between us, and every moment felt more precious as time passed.

I'm not mad. I already told you that. We all have mistakes in our past ... and our future. It's a fact of life.

Don't make excuses. They're pointless.

We couldn't change anything, and in times of war, people become helpless and vulnerable.

Sometimes we hurt the ones we love, but hurting ourselves to avoid it doesn't make it better.

Tomorrow can take me," he said. "I don't need today anyway.

I leaned against the desk, ran my hand over my father's paperwork, and picked up a pen. Turning around, I shoved it into my father's hand.
"What's this?" he asked, raising a brow.
"You'll need it to sign my death certificate," I said, pain vibrating my veins against my muscles and bones. "Are we done now?" (Eric)

I know you better then anyone. You're practically my son, and I think that it's the fact that you don't want to see her leave. You are afraid of change." He paused; he was right. "You are afraid that she will change.

She was always daydreaming. She never wanted to live in the real world; she always seemed to be separated from other children her age. They couldn't understand her or her imagination. She was always thinking outside of the box, breaking rules, and only following what her heart told her was right.

Sometimes an outside perspective is the clearer perspective.

I leaned out one last time and caught a snowflake on my tongue. They tasted so good, so pure and so divine, like nothing I had ever tasted from the sky. It was as if happiness spread through your body with the cold, but then disappeared and brought depression, all in less then two seconds. It was unbelievable, and yet, addicting.

It's going to be okay, Eric," Urte said, helping me sit up.
I shook my head. "Lying is my forte, Urte, not yours." (Eric.)

I thought of all the hardships and people that I had lost in the past few days alone, but, most of all, I thought of how I didn't regret any of it.

Sometimes battles are unavoidable.

Sometimes, people meant it when they smiled. Other times, they smiled because they wanted to mean it.

I wouldn't be who I am today if it wasn't for the people I had met and the people I had lost.