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“The reason he had to keep wiping their memories was because it didn’t matter how many times he reset the story or remade the introductions—Aaron always fell in love with her. Every time.”

~ Delalieu in Kenji’s pov

Nazeera looks frozen. Stunned. She stares at me, her lips slightly parted, and I’m thinking this is it, this is how I die, she’s going to pull out a knife and cut me open, rearrange my organs, put on a puppet show with my intestines. What a way to go.

~ Kenji’s pov

“Will you at least look at me when I’m talking to you?” “Can’t.” “What?” She sounds startled. “What do you mean you can’t?” “Can’t look at you.” She hesitates. “Why not?” “Too pretty.”

~ Nazeera in Kenji’s pov

“So—what are we going to do?” I say. Juliette studies me for a second. Her eyes pull together. “I mean, I don’t know, Kenji. They’re coming to kill everyone in sector 45. I really don’t think I have a choice.” I raise my eyebrows. “What do you mean?” “I mean, I’m pretty sure I’ll have to kill them first.”

~ Juliette in Kenji’s pov

I still don’t think I understand Warner, but it’s obvious that something about her lights a fire in him. He looks alive when she’s in his arms. Human like I’ve never seen him before.

~ Kenji’s pov

Warner might murder me if he knew I felt this way, but the truth is, I know Juliette better than anyone. Better than he does. The math is simple: J and I have been closer, longer. She and I have been through more shit together. We’ve had more time to talk about real things together. She’s my closest friend.

~ Kenji’s pov

“I don’t eat like an animal. I just happen to be hungry. And maybe you should spend a few years starving to death before you think about making fun of the way I eat, okay asshole?” “They’re waiting for us in the next room” “I accept your apology,” I say. Warner looks back at me. Looks away.

~ Aaron in Kenji’s pov

“I’m sorry,” I say. “I get it.” He looks up. Meets my eyes. “Do you?” “Yeah. I do.” “I do t think you do actually. In fact, I hope you don’t. I wouldn’t want you to know how I feel right now. I wouldn’t wish that for you.”

~ Aaron in Kenji’s pov

It’s a picture of a little boy standing next to a little girl. She’s sitting in a stairwell. He looks at her as she eats a piece of cake. I flip it over. ‘Aaron and Ella’.

~ Juliette’s pov

I only know now that the scientists are wrong. The world is flat. I know because I was tossed right off the edge and I’ve been trying to hold on for seventeen years. I’ve been trying to climb back up for seventeen years but it’s nearly impossible to beat gravity when no one is willing to give you a hand.

~ An excerpt from Juliette’s journals in the asylum

She put my hand in the fire once. Just to see if it would burn, she said. Just to check if it was a regular hand, she said. I was 6 years old then. I remember because it was my birthday.

~ An excerpt from Juliette’s journals in the asylum

“You’re just a boy,” he says quietly. “You’re only nineteen years old, Mr. Warner. And I thi you forget that all the time. You have no perspective, no idea that you’ve only barely lived. There’s still so much life ahead of you.”

~ Castle

I can’t believe I’ve managed to lose her. Twice. That she loved me. Once.

~ Aaron

She begged me to stay and I pretended not to hear her. She told me she loved me and I couldn’t bring myself to respond. She cried, even with her eyes closed.

~ Aaron

“Do you know how much I love you?” I say. “I love- loved you so much. So much.” When he opens his eyes again, they’re bright. Shining. He says nothing.

“She told me she loved me”