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d99db7c	What is in our hearts is real whether we name it or let it exist only in darkness or silence.		Beth Revis
a168a14	So, I do what any reasonable person would do when faced with a crying girl. I get the frex out of there.	elder	Beth Revis
9869a36	But death doesn't work like that. It doesn't care if someone loves you, doesn't want you to go. It just takes. It takes and it takes until eventually you have nothing left.		Beth Revis
4e602b4	And here we are, in the middle, surrounded by a sea of stars. A million suns. Any of them could hold a planet. Any of them could hold a home. But all of them are out of reach. [p.218]		Beth Revis
c078fad	More than the sound of my own beating heart, I miss the sound of a ticking clock. Time passes. It must pass....	thoughtful	Beth Revis
d014d57	A leader doesn't make pawns - he makes people.		Beth Revis
2029375	I feel alone. I don't mean i feel lonely; I mean i feel alone, the same way i feel the blanket resting on my body, or the feathers of my pillow under my head, or the tight string of my sleep pants twisted up around my waist. I feel alone as if it were an actual thing, seeping throughout this whole level like mist blanketing a field, reaching into all the hidden corners of my room and finding nothing living but me. It's a cold sort of feelin..	beth-revis alone lonely	Beth Revis
8bad9ad	He's the only stable thing in the swirling chaos.	stable	Beth Revis
ff5f677	I am as silent as death. Do this: Go to your bedroom. Your nice, safe, warm bedroom that is not a glass coffin behind a morgue door. Lie down on your bed not made of ice. Stick your fingers in your ears. Do you hear that? The pulse of life from your heart, the slow in-and-out from your lungs? Even when you are silent, even when you block out all noise, your body is still a cacophony of life. Mine is not. It is the silence that drives me mad..		Beth Revis
48463b9	And there is nothing between us but rain. Then there is nothing between us at all.		Beth Revis
b959833	He sounds like a regular Hitler to me", Amy mutters. I wonder what she means by that. Eldest has always taught me that Hitler was a wise, cultured leader for his people. Maybe that's what she means: Eldest is a strong leader, like Hitler was. ~ Elder"		Beth Revis
ca12af8	And I look at Harley, and the billions of stars are in his eyes, and he's drinking them up, pouring them into his soul.	stars elder harley beth-revis	Beth Revis
240ad47	But Amy," Elder says. "Space suits!"	funny	Beth Revis
6b6e75e	It's always in the rain...	amy	Beth Revis
78b9e95	But there's a difference, isn't there? Between saying goodbye and death.		Beth Revis
9ba792a	I've never seen the stars before. And I never knew they were so beautiful.		Beth Revis
7d671fa	I'll always come back to you.		Beth Revis
696fcd3	He blinks. Touches the side of my face, near my eyes. My eyes that are blue now, not green. With oval irises. "I'm still me," I say, because my greatest fear now is that he doesn't want a hybrid Amy. He cocks an eyebrow. "You think I care if your eyes are blue or green? I just care about you." His hand slips down my arm, and he wraps his pinky finger around mine. "You came back to me," I say, my voice breaking over unshead tears of joy. "I'..	love shades-of-earth	Beth Revis
68d9c79	We all die someday." Maybe the only thing that makes that fact bearable is the idea that death is the only way we can return to the stars."		Beth Revis
97b5c24	There is only him and me and this thing between us that I cannot name, not out loud, but that my heart knows is love.		Beth Revis
29e2c91	I will never, be the same. I have seen stars. stars.	stars space	Beth Revis
5d6ecae	When I look at the fields, all I can see is how fake they are, how poor an imitation they are of the pictures of Sol-Earth fields. [...] And that's why I'll never be as good an Eldest as he is. Because I like a little chaos.		Beth Revis
ba29220	I look up. And I am surrounded by the universe. silence and stars A million suns stretch out beyond me, their light piercing the darkness.		Beth Revis
c9dcb77	Eldest thinks power is control, that the best way to be a leader is to force everyone into obedience. Holding Amy against me, I realize the simple truth is that power isn't control at all-power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn't someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to other so that they may have the strength to stand on their own. This is what I've been..		Beth Revis
c899a90	I quit thinking.		Beth Revis
e52b4f4	And I know without being told that she killed herself. And I totally understand why.		Beth Revis
44c2b93	It's hard to think about all the bad when she reminds me of all that's good.		Beth Revis
e892341	I am as silent as death. Do this: Go to your bedroom. Your nice, safe, warm bedroom that is not a glass coffin behind a morgue door. Lie down on your bed not made of ice. Stick your fingers in your ears. Do you hear that? The pulse of life from your heart, the slow in-and-out from your lungs? Even when you are silent, even when you block out all noise, your body is still a cacophony of life. Mine is not. It is the silence that drives me mad..	hopelessness fear monologue	Beth Revis
703ef35	I'm sorry.' The two most inadequate words in the English language.	relationships i-m-sorry sorry language	Beth Revis
83ebd1a	It's Elder who's my safe place. Elder's my home.		Beth Revis
9e151c1	I might have the whole world now, but it's not enough if I don't get to share it with her.	elder beth-revis shades-of-earth	Beth Revis
34d9c52	You must dedicate your whole life to this idea: you are the caretaker of every single person on this ship. They are your responsibility. You can never show weakness in front of them: you are their strength. You can never let them see you in despair: you are their hope. You must always be everything to everyone on board.		Beth Revis
60a2f67	Maybe one day the smears of paint Harley left throughout Godspeed will fade, and maybe the stars never will, but i'd rather have Harley's colors.	stars fade colors	Beth Revis
9ae0e9f	That is what a book is: a million little things, a thousand feelings, hundreds of experiences, all melted together and sculpted into a book-shaped vessel.		Beth Revis
78fc23f	Emotion courses through my veins, choking me. I feel so insignificant, a tiny speck surrounded by a million stars. A million suns.		Beth Revis
31c006b	Who are the real monsters?	orion	Beth Revis
9358e82	I would trade all the stars in the universe if I could just have him back again.		Beth Revis
e361b07	This is the secret of the stars. In the end, we are alone no matter how close you seem, no one else can touch you. Maybe the secret of the stars has nothing to do with being alone.		Beth Revis
20c83ad	I choose this," I say, my voice ragged with want. "I choose you."	love beth-revis	Beth Revis
cf724e2	Memories always kill nightmares.		Beth Revis
a496332	I open my mouth. I want o say: I'm breaking, and i need someone to hold me together. But no sound comes out.	beth-revis	Beth Revis
c06a3bd	People are, at their heart, constantly moving toward a state of entropy. Much like this ship. We're all spiraling out of control.		Beth Revis
856a0cb	It's bad, being frozen, but it's better than waking up alone.		Beth Revis
5f30f0d	Sometimes home is a person.		Beth revis

What is in our hearts is real whether we name it or let it exist only in darkness or silence.

Beth Revis

a168a14

So, I do what any reasonable person would do when faced with a crying girl. I get the frex out of there.

elder

Beth Revis

9869a36

But death doesn't work like that. It doesn't care if someone loves you, doesn't want you to go. It just takes. It takes and it takes until eventually you have nothing left.

Beth Revis

4e602b4

And here we are, in the middle, surrounded by a sea of stars. A million suns. Any of them could hold a planet. Any of them could hold a home. But all of them are out of reach. [p.218]

Beth Revis

c078fad

More than the sound of my own beating heart, I miss the sound of a ticking clock. Time passes. It must pass....

thoughtful

Beth Revis

d014d57

A leader doesn't make pawns - he makes people.

Beth Revis

2029375

I feel alone. I don't mean i feel lonely; I mean i feel alone, the same way i feel the blanket resting on my body, or the feathers of my pillow under my head, or the tight string of my sleep pants twisted up around my waist. I feel alone as if it were an actual thing, seeping throughout this whole level like mist blanketing a field, reaching into all the hidden corners of my room and finding nothing living but me. It's a cold sort of feelin..

beth-revis alone lonely

Beth Revis

8bad9ad

He's the only stable thing in the swirling chaos.

stable

Beth Revis

ff5f677

I am as silent as death. Do this: Go to your bedroom. Your nice, safe, warm bedroom that is not a glass coffin behind a morgue door. Lie down on your bed not made of ice. Stick your fingers in your ears. Do you hear that? The pulse of life from your heart, the slow in-and-out from your lungs? Even when you are silent, even when you block out all noise, your body is still a cacophony of life. Mine is not. It is the silence that drives me mad..

Beth Revis

48463b9

And there is nothing between us but rain. Then there is nothing between us at all.

Beth Revis

b959833

He sounds like a regular Hitler to me", Amy mutters. I wonder what she means by that. Eldest has always taught me that Hitler was a wise, cultured leader for his people. Maybe that's what she means: Eldest is a strong leader, like Hitler was. ~ Elder"

Beth Revis

ca12af8

And I look at Harley, and the billions of stars are in his eyes, and he's drinking them up, pouring them into his soul.

stars elder harley beth-revis

Beth Revis

240ad47

But Amy," Elder says. "Space suits!"

funny

Beth Revis

6b6e75e

It's always in the rain...

amy

Beth Revis

78b9e95

But there's a difference, isn't there? Between saying goodbye and death.

Beth Revis

9ba792a

I've never seen the stars before. And I never knew they were so beautiful.

Beth Revis

7d671fa

I'll always come back to you.

Beth Revis

696fcd3

He blinks. Touches the side of my face, near my eyes. My eyes that are blue now, not green. With oval irises. "I'm still me," I say, because my greatest fear now is that he doesn't want a hybrid Amy. He cocks an eyebrow. "You think I care if your eyes are blue or green? I just care about you." His hand slips down my arm, and he wraps his pinky finger around mine. "You came back to me," I say, my voice breaking over unshead tears of joy. "I'..

love shades-of-earth

Beth Revis

68d9c79

We all die someday." Maybe the only thing that makes that fact bearable is the idea that death is the only way we can return to the stars."

Beth Revis

97b5c24

There is only him and me and this thing between us that I cannot name, not out loud, but that my heart knows is love.

Beth Revis

29e2c91

I will never, be the same. I have seen stars. stars.

stars space

Beth Revis

5d6ecae

When I look at the fields, all I can see is how fake they are, how poor an imitation they are of the pictures of Sol-Earth fields. [...] And that's why I'll never be as good an Eldest as he is. Because I like a little chaos.

Beth Revis

ba29220

I look up. And I am surrounded by the universe. silence and stars A million suns stretch out beyond me, their light piercing the darkness.

Beth Revis

c9dcb77

Eldest thinks power is control, that the best way to be a leader is to force everyone into obedience. Holding Amy against me, I realize the simple truth is that power isn't control at all-power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn't someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to other so that they may have the strength to stand on their own. This is what I've been..

Beth Revis

c899a90

I quit thinking.

Beth Revis

e52b4f4

And I know without being told that she killed herself. And I totally understand why.

Beth Revis

44c2b93

It's hard to think about all the bad when she reminds me of all that's good.

Beth Revis

e892341

I am as silent as death. Do this: Go to your bedroom. Your nice, safe, warm bedroom that is not a glass coffin behind a morgue door. Lie down on your bed not made of ice. Stick your fingers in your ears. Do you hear that? The pulse of life from your heart, the slow in-and-out from your lungs? Even when you are silent, even when you block out all noise, your body is still a cacophony of life. Mine is not. It is the silence that drives me mad..

hopelessness fear monologue

Beth Revis

703ef35

I'm sorry.' The two most inadequate words in the English language.

relationships i-m-sorry sorry language

Beth Revis

83ebd1a

It's Elder who's my safe place. Elder's my home.

Beth Revis

9e151c1

I might have the whole world now, but it's not enough if I don't get to share it with her.

elder beth-revis shades-of-earth

Beth Revis

34d9c52

You must dedicate your whole life to this idea: you are the caretaker of every single person on this ship. They are your responsibility. You can never show weakness in front of them: you are their strength. You can never let them see you in despair: you are their hope. You must always be everything to everyone on board.

Beth Revis

60a2f67

Maybe one day the smears of paint Harley left throughout Godspeed will fade, and maybe the stars never will, but i'd rather have Harley's colors.

stars fade colors

Beth Revis

9ae0e9f

That is what a book is: a million little things, a thousand feelings, hundreds of experiences, all melted together and sculpted into a book-shaped vessel.

Beth Revis

78fc23f

Emotion courses through my veins, choking me. I feel so insignificant, a tiny speck surrounded by a million stars. A million suns.

Beth Revis

31c006b

Who are the real monsters?

orion

Beth Revis

9358e82

I would trade all the stars in the universe if I could just have him back again.

Beth Revis

e361b07

This is the secret of the stars. In the end, we are alone no matter how close you seem, no one else can touch you. Maybe the secret of the stars has nothing to do with being alone.