Haihai

“Maybe I've never felt the sun, and I probably never will, but I also know I don't have to. Being with you was close enough.”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“We are the sum of our experiences,” Anna said. “No more, no less. But I’d like to believe there’s something more to all of us. That we have the strength to defy our experiences and rise above them, to push back against the world that has treated us so cruelly. To hold out arms and make it a better place to live. Sometimes, all that gets lost in the madness. It all gets overwhelmed. Yet, here we are. Still standing.” Julian and I merely stood, listening. “There are things we’d all rather forget,” Anna went on. “But we can’t. The pain becomes a part of us. There were times where that was all there was. That’s the way the world is. You can see beauty, or you can see ugliness. You can even see both, if you want to. Even without the Radaskim, this world would be a dark place. But even in the ruins, a flower can bloom. Even in a land without the sun.”
― Kyle West, Xenofall

“So, tell me, why do you think I wouldn’t want to hang out with you?” This time she was quiet for a full three minutes before she replied. She took a deep breath and in a shaky voice, barely a whisper, she said, “No one else wants to.” If”
― Lindsay Paige, Sweetness

“I push the thought away. Promises are priceless, and a kiss is a kind of promise, too.”
― Rick Yancey, The Infinite Sea