Quotes from Suzanne Young

It's funny how seeing another person hurt can break you down faster than your own emotions" -Audrey

Sometimes we have to argue, fight. That's all there is to it. When people think you're a delinquent, they treat you badly, they disrespect you (like Spencer). This is the only way to get that respect back. Even if that respect is motivated by their fear.

We've run out of comforting things to say.

He's making me deal with things I want to avoid. He's making me dig in to the pain.

We all understand that there are consequences for poor behavior. But since we don't act out, we've never earned them. What I did was wrong, therefore I deserved the pain that followed, even if I didn't like it. My opinion on the subject is irrelevant.

It's The Program or me. And I decide it's going to be me.

Whether it's his training or his natural disposition, Deacon is charming. The kind of charming that makes you feel like you're the only person in the world who matters. Until you don't anymore.

Well, that's the thing about our past—it shapes our future.

Una mattina presto trovo Realm sulla porta che dà sul retro, con un gran sorriso stampato sulla faccia. [...] Lui apre la controporta, lasciando entrare una brezza leggera che profuma d'erba. Guardo fuori e sgrano gli occhi: ci sono sei cervi nel nostro giardino, tra cui un cucciolo. Sono bellissimi. Faccio un passo verso di loro e mi posa un braccio sulle spalle. - A volte ci scordiamo che le cose belle esistono - bisbiglio.

The past is over. Sometimes, the only real thing is now.

My eyes are trained on the trees, but my heart begins to race. "Maybe it's time you try," I say. I'm not in denial; I've always known Realm was hiding something. But now, here, I'm scared of what he has to say.

The ones who are already dead but don't realize it.

Kid, you're going to get everything you want out of life. Once you get past the parts that suck.

Do you really think anything can ever be the same again? She's empty, Sloane. She's the walking dead now.

Sometimes the survivor's guilt was more than we could bear, a secret between us that we never let show. But we were all we had left?

He turned to stare down at his latte, wiping hard at his cheeks as the tears started to fall. He didn't push away the pain. It was his and he would own it. He wouldn't bury it again.

Realm swayed and put his hand over his heart, watching after her. A sharp pain from knowing that you want something you don't deserve. That you can never have again.

Evan sniffles and looks up at me. "But I made it for you," he says.

He opened up a different part of my soul.

Sometimes... the only real thing is now.

Forgiveness is voluntary

I control my fear with love..." -Audrey

You'll be the only one who remembers, Sloane, and that in itself could be a curse. I hope you choose wisely.

I guess even in grief we have to continue to live. Continue to play volleyball and eat burritos.