Living on steam isn't easy.

I thought I saw my entire future once, every moment of it, until the day of my death. I spent it in her arms. Then after twenty years, she left.

You cannot have a best friend for one hundred and fifty four years without trust.

You can't know how much a mother loves.

Every part of life changes with every breath we take. If you don’t like where your story is headin’, you fight your fate with everything you have.

I have faith in us as a family, and our friends. I think we will survive because we don’t wish to harm anyone. If you ever need something to believe in, believe that to stand and fight for the people you love is the most honorable thing you can do with your life.

There are no saints either. We are immortal, but not so unlike the humans as you think. We have enemies, we have duties, we hate, we struggle, and we love.

For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food. In my distress, I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones. I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.~Psalm 102 NIV Bible

After everything, you still want to believe that love prevails, that in the end there will be justice. That is an illusion, and I pity you.

The Castus had become a myth to most, a shadow, but Thomas knew that every rumor was rooted in truth.

I was sick of the body count that existed around my family. It seemed statistically that eventually the body count would include my family.

Her name is Emmilina. She is quite eccentric and was Thomas’s best friend.

I screeched with frustration, which in hindsight is never okay when there are people trying to kill you.

You think me noble?” She rolled to her side facing him. “Am I saint-like? Do I slay dragons and hang the moon as well?

He took her hand without question, without fear, and he never regretted it.

Death was constant, unprejudiced to age, race, or creed.

The Bibbidi Bobbidi Beautiful boutique, the name filled me with dread.

Your cell phone is on the nightstand. Call me immediately if something changes. I don’t care if you are merely dizzy or if you start seeing pink dragons, do you understand?” I solemnly swear I will call you the second a pink dragon shows up.

I was about to run, possibly fight, definitely scream...

He held up his hands in surrender. “I’m not here to start trouble. I am just doing some research for my thesis.”“If you don’t get out of this bar, you are going to be writing your thesis via Ouija board.

God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.~Ecclesiastes 3:17

Cricket’s voice broke through Thomas’s memory. He was reading a letter, most likely from his mother. He was trying hard to hide it, but he was tearing up. “Captain I don’t want to be here,” was all he could choke out. Thomas reached over and gave Cricket’s shoulder a tight squeeze.

I jumped between them holding my hands up in front of me to stop the onslaught. We would all sit down and figure this out as rational adults. We’d been adults for a century at least, and it should not be a problem. It appeared to be a problem.

The only time you ever really lose love is when you choose to let it go.