At least I know the truth, ” I gritted back. “I’m not the one who’s being lied to.” His brow furrowed, and I spat the truth at him.

Ember was mine. The other half of me. And I would fight Talon, St George, and the entire d world to keep her safe.

Helpless, I clenched my fists against my back, well aware that every mile, every minute that ticked by, took me ever farther from getting to them in time and closer to losing the red dragon forever.

I’m sorry, ” I whispered. “I never wanted this for you. This life…I knew it was going to kill me in the end. I wish you didn’t have to be here when it finally caught up.

So that left me. To save my hatchlings and my underground, even if I couldn't be there anymore.

In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie.[Dedication to Sagan's wife, Ann Druyan, in Cosmos]

Welcome to the 21st century cosmopolitan world where biased thoughts preside over unbiased deeds, simple gestures become overrated gossip materials and injustice is a part of long term justice.

Your hope will never be cut off.

I use bits and pieces of others personalities to form my own.

Bread, soup - these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach. The stomach alone was aware of the passage of time.

The use of proverbs is characteristic of an unlettered people. They are invaluable treasures to dunces with good memories.

Brown for first course, white for pudding. Brown's savoury, white's the treat. Of course I'm the one who's laughing because I actually love brown toast.

Hope pulls the heart of tomorrow into the body of today.

There was a beautiful time.

Nothing impresses the mind with a deeper feeling of loneliness than to tread the silent and deserted scene of former throng and pageant.