Jackie's Bookbytes

“So Sara, what was your favourite thing that Santa brought you?” Lucas was passing the mashed potatoes down the table, and Isaac almost missed the one-word answer. “Jenna.” Everyone stopped talking. Well, that was interesting. Isaac looked unsure where her comment was headed. “Do you mean you asked Santa for Jenna to stay through the holidays?” “No, I asked Santa to make Jenna sleep in your bed.”
― C.J. Hunt, Silver Bells

“My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human. There’s no version of God that can help us if we ever lose that.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“Mortals fantasied that love was eternal and its loss unimaginable. Now we know neither is true. Love remained mortal, while we became eternal.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“Outside the rain finally began to fall, surging in fits and starts. “I love the way it rains here,” he told her. “It reminds me that some forces of nature can never be entirely subdued. They are eternal, which is a far better thing to be than immortal.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe