Melissa Rivera

“Why me?' I ask God.
God says nothing.
I laugh and the stars watch.
It's good to be alive.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

“If I could only reach out and touch the stars, I would know everything. I would understand.”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Kiss of Deception

“We may give our human loves the unconditional allegiance which we owe only to God. They they become gods: then they become demons. Then they will destroy us, and also destroy themselves. For natural loves that are allowed to become gods do not remain loves. They are still called so, but can become in fact complicated forms of hatred.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Ed?" Ritchie says later. We're still standing in the water. "There's only one thing I want."
"What's that, Ritchie?"
His answer is simple.
"To want.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger