Don’t trust anybody else—no matter how close you are to them.” (Eric)

Anyone could be anybody. (Eric)

Identity was everything, but it seemed I never had one. (Jessica)

Everything seemed so unreal—so supernatural—and I had to remind myself that is was. We weren’t human. We never were. (Jessica)

Just because I wasn’t human, didn’t mean I could discount human life. (Eric)

I didn’t even have a name for her, shade or human, but I didn’t need one to know her. (Eric)

Shadows could be anywhere in blackness. (Eric)

One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica)

But this girl—She reminded me of what it was like to believe in something. Her hope was naïve, but it was real, and I hadn’t felt something real in years. Nothing positive anyways. (Eric)