StarWalker

•Jean-Ives Moreau

"Jean Moreau came back to himself in pieces, dragging himself together as he had a thousand mornings before"

•Neil Josten

"It’s about second chances, Neil. Second, third, fourth, whatever, as long as you get at least one more than what anyone else wanted to give you."

•Kevin Day

"Now it seemed he'd been wrong all along; Kevin hadn't escaped either

No matter what they did or who they became, maybe they never would"

•Andrew Minyard

"Andrew had nearly killed four men for assaulting Nicky and would have broken Allison's neck for hitting Aaron, but when it came to crimes against his own person Andrew couldn't care less."

•Seth Gordon

"'I don’t understand suicide,' Neil said. 'Staying alive has always been so important I can’t imagine actively trying to die.'

He wasn’t,' Andrew said, like Neil was being stupid. […] 'He wanted a way out for a little while, a few hours where he didn’t have to think or feel. Problem was he picked an out that’s easy to die on.'"

"She liked blackberries, sandcastles, and ladybugs, but fairy tales above all." He'd read them so many times he didn't even need the books anymore, but Elodie loved staring wide-eyed at the pictures while he talked. "She prayed for a dragon to save her."

Laila's tone was gentle, as if she thought he would recoil if she spoke too loudly. "Not a prince?"