Why didn't you let me die? You could have finally been free.""I gave up trying to imagine a world without you." - Essallie & Kayden

Question: You’re 21-years-old, a young adult writing mature adult literary fiction. Imaj: Yes, I feel creativity is an ageless thing.

I still have the scars from when they captured me and beat me in the middle of the street.""You don't get scars.""Emotional scars then.

I will no longer be judged by the standards of others. I will judge myself. I will not live by someone else's rules. I will make my own.

But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways.

My heart, always so strong in the past, was like the fishnet stockings that clung to my legs—torn, shredded, and full of gaping holes.

We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't.

The guys can't take their eyes off Colleen... one of them... probably sees her just like I do, she's the gatekeeper to another world.

Who am I really? Am I still the same person if I'm not even technically a person anymore? Does being stronger make me different? Will it?

I think I knew from the first moment I met her, she would be the one to replace me. I didn't think it would happen that fast, but it did.

The Dreaming is always; forever... it's always happening, and us mob, we're part of it, all the time, everywhere, and every-when too.

If anyone or anything tries to curse or kill the Goodness at the Center of all things, it will just keep coming back to life. Forever Easter.

A future as lonely as the surface of the moon and still just the sight of him feels like a homecoming, like a song I used to know but forgot.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and held on as he showed me what love felt like. As he showed me that a kiss could change your entire world.

Let your dissent fuel you, your anger inspire you, your rage convey you, and your fury strike a chilling fear onto the spines of your enemies.