“ It's not about surviving. It should be about love. When you know love...that's what makes this life worth it. When you live with it everyday. Wake up with it, hold on to it during the thunder and afte… Carrie Ryan
“ I imagine that's what it must have been like to ride the roller coaster back in the before time. One moment teetering at the top, the world laid out before you and the rush of life filling your lungs.… Carrie Ryan
“ Who are we if not the stories we pass down? What happens when there's no one left to tell those stories? To hear them? Who will ever know that I existed? What if we are the only ones left -- who will… Carrie Ryan
“ I know in my life there have been breaches, but I also know that I am very good at blocking out the memories that serve me no purpose. Carrie Ryan
“ Maybe if she'd invited him into the forest all those years ago, things would have ended differently. But she doubted it. Darkness grew where it would and took what it wanted. It staked its claim and n… Carrie Ryan
“ Darkness grew where it would and took what it wanted. It staked its claim and never let go. And no one else could pry you free of it. Carrie Ryan
“ I sit with my knees pulled in tight and my arms wrapped around my shins. I can no longer feel my feet, as if blood refuses to spread so far from my heart. Carrie Ryan
“ Not all monsters are filled with darkness.' She wanted him to understand this so badly that her voice trembled.He didn't even hesitate. 'This one is.'She allowed herself a moment to admire Tommy, the… Carrie Ryan
“ I will always need you," I whisper. "All of this time I've waited for you. And you were never coming for me. Why did you let me wait for you? Carrie Ryan
“ She must face the forest of her mother’s past in order to save herself and the one she loves. Carrie Ryan
“ [In my dream] they slide their lips over my skin, whispering whispering whispering. They tell me their names, they tell me their lives, they tell me their pain...I can't struggle, I can't stop laughin… Carrie Ryan
“ It's as if there is infinity between our lips and we will never actually touch. Like math, where dividing by half can last for eternity. Carrie Ryan
“ I realize that sometimes death comes before you expect it. That while we are rarely prepared for our friends, family and loved ones to die, we are never prepared for our own deaths. Never prepared to… Carrie Ryan
“ You think you want love, Mary. You think it is this beautiful gift that does nothing but fill you and make you whole. But you are wrong. Love can be cruel and ugly. It can become dark and cause the de… Carrie Ryan
“ It's funny, most people think that revenge is a passionate affair, driven by rage and pain. But it can't be. Feelings such as those make you weak. They overwrite thought and cause reckless impulses th… Carrie Ryan
“ Do you still believe that if you truly want something enough it can happen?" I ask. I think of all the times I wanted to stop the world from spinning, all the times I wanted to go back and start over… Carrie Ryan
“ Knowing that this is what it means to live. That this love, this need is what drives us to push and fight and build and grow. That as long as there's hope and love in this world, there will always be… Carrie Ryan
