Shannon A. Thompson Quotes

Among my stillness was a pounding heart.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

Some rumors said she was a demon from another world. Other rumors said she was death incarnate, someone to remind us of our misdeeds. But no one had said how beautiful she was. No one had mentioned her eyes. The ones that showed color only for a second. A hint of beauty in absolute blackness.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

Remember how far you’ve come, and you won’t have to rely on a destiny for your future. It will come on your own.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

Love was a lot more complicated when you had a lot of time on your hands.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

All love is immortal.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

A heroic act is not always followed by glory and parades and forever freedom,” she said. “It’s often small, disregarded, or forgotten. But it matters.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

Sometimes we hurt the ones we love, but hurting ourselves to avoid it doesn’t make it better.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

I found him between a reality and a nightmare.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

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

~ Shannon A. Thompson

Fate was a reality, but it wasn’t a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And we’d fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to me to guarantee our survival of it. (Eric)

~ Shannon A. Thompson

I wasn’t sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric)

~ Shannon A. Thompson

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

~ Shannon A. Thompson

I wanted to protect her, and, if I couldn’t do that, I’d at least be there for her. (Eric)

~ Shannon A. Thompson

My insanity begged for a distraction. (Eric)

~ Shannon A. Thompson

I wasn’t in the mood for a fight, but fights weren’t always conveniently scheduled. (Jessica)

~ Shannon A. Thompson

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

~ Shannon A. Thompson

I’d prefer you accuse my son, so he can defend his innocence rather than prolong unnecessary guilt. (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric)

~ Shannon A. Thompson

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

~ Shannon A. Thompson

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

~ Shannon A. Thompson

Shadows could be anywhere in blackness. (Eric)

~ Shannon A. Thompson

Her kiss could kill us, and my consent signed our death certificates, selfishly and without control. (Eric)

~ Shannon A. Thompson

I wanted to survive—not for my kind, but for trust, for friendship, for another being. (Eric)

~ Shannon A. Thompson

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

~ Shannon A. Thompson

...it’s my job to lead you to success, and, if you fail, it’s because I failed, not you.’” (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric)

~ Shannon A. Thompson

Anyone could be anybody. (Eric)

~ Shannon A. Thompson

Neither of us asked to be born descendants, yet I’d be rewarded with his death, and we couldn’t prevent that. No one could. (Eric)

~ Shannon A. Thompson

I knew nothing of death, and, for some unexplainable reason, I was beginning to feel guilty for that. -Jessica

~ Shannon A. Thompson

What fueled this hatred? Society.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

Someone who doesn’t know if tomorrow will come would rather live every day twice than live it once.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

My life wasn’t horrible, but I didn’t see any passionate reason to love it.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

It's not the best life in the world, but it's all I know.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

Fate was tricky like that. It consumed us when we thought we were free, and it freed us when we thought we were captured.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

Chaos within destiny. It was the definition of our love.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

I was falling in love with her, and she was falling in love with me. It was fated, decided before any of us were born, and I hated it as much as I loved it. I could barely stand it. (Eric)

~ Shannon A. Thompson

I can’t take back the past, but I can fight for the future.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

Tomorrow can take me,” he said. “I don’t need today anyway.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

I’m not mad. I already told you that. We all have mistakes in our past...and our future. It’s a fact of life.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

War?' The word held too much definition for three letters.

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Sometimes, people meant it when they smiled. Other times, they smiled because they wanted to mean it.

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...the truth was more powerful than a lie could ever be (Eric)

~ Shannon A. Thompson