“ Dear Reader, Dante Alighieri said, in his Inferno: Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift. Dante lied. Our fate must be worked for. It must be paid for. With tears. Wi… Courtney Cole
“ We must stand together and resist all such incursion! We must come together in brotherhood and toss out those like you—women who take a man’s job, who rob a man of the ability to feed his family."“Who… Courtney Cole
“ The bad thing caught you.I’ve never retreated in my life. I’ve never backed away from a fight and I’ve never cowered in fear. Ever. That’s not who I am. But I’ve been in combat long enough to know tha… Courtney Cole
“ By night, I am free. No one hears my monsters but me. My freedom is fragile, though, Because every morning, Over and over, The night is broken by the sun. It’s a good way to die. Courtney Cole
“ I look up at him. He is so devastatingly beautiful in the moonlight. I tell him so. He stares at me, his dark gaze unwavering. Except for my knees. It definitely wavers my knees, if that is possible.… Courtney Cole
“ I squint my eyes and glare at him. “I don’t have a crush on Quinn anymore.” He raises a golden eyebrow. “No?” I shake my head. “No.” “Why is that?” I stare at him long and hard, trying to decide what… Courtney Cole
“ Insomniacs know that there is something about the night. A darkness, an energy, a mystery that shrouds things. It hides things at the same time as it illuminates them. It is this thing that allows us… Courtney Cole
“ After a thousand years pass, it builds its own funeral pyre, lining it with cinnamon, myrrh and cassia. Climbing to a rest on the very top, it examines the world all throughout the night with the abil… Courtney Cole
“ What was it about relationships that made you feel so vulnerable? Oh, right. A relationship. In any relationship, you put yourself out there. You exposed all of your sensitive nerve endings and your h… Courtney Cole
“ Because I'm a monster, like my father before me and his father before him, and so on. There is no help for me. Courtney Cole
