“ What you really want to know, I say, is how to make sure we all don’t just rip each other apart, right? The fight earlier is way too fresh in our minds. We are a powder keg; just a spark will blow us… Beth Revis
“ Everyone, this is the new girl. Elder knows her. New girl, this is everyone. A few people look up politely; some actually smile. Most, however, look wary at best, disgusted at worse. The nurse closest… Beth Revis
“ I told Victria that love is a choice, and I told myself that I didn't have to choose Elder, but I can't forget the way my heart stopped when his did. Beth Revis
“ I would use the same word to describe both my joy and the rain: torrential. This—this—this is all I ever wanted from the world: wide-open spaces and cooling rain and the chance to run. Beth Revis
“ And I know what I told my father was true: let us taste the world, and we’ll do whatever it takes to shape it into our home. Beth Revis
“ I’ve heard that when you’re in a life-or-death situation, like a car accident or a gunfight, all your senses shoot up to almost superhuman level, everything slows down, and you’re hyper-aware of what’… Beth Revis
“ The President called it the Epitome of the American dream. Daddy called it the unholy alliance of business and government. But all it really was, was America giving up. Bailing out in order to join th… Beth Revis
“ More than the sound of my own beating heart, I miss the sound of a ticking clock. Time passes, it must pass, but I have no more assurance of moving through time than I have that I am moving through sp… Beth Revis
“ My heart will never forget what it’s like to fade in and out of time, to never know if one year or a thousand have passed by, to torture yourself with the idea of your soul trapped behind ice for all… Beth Revis
