“Fin threw up his hands in frustration. "Marrill, I don't even have a pardon. Now is not the time to be begging… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“You kids take your time," the Naysayer called from above them. "Me an'the oncoming apocalypse will just hang out and get to… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“He stares at the two girls. Two broken bodies that moments before had been whole. He did this. He helped to break… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“In the moment between my mother's death and her Return, I stop believing in God.” — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“I will always need you," I whisper. "All of this time I've waited for you. And you were never coming for me.… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“But then he whispers, "It will be okay, Mary." He pulls my head down to his chest and he wraps both his… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“I realize that life is risks. It’s acknowledging the past but looking forward. It’s taking a chance that we will make mistakes… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“Every day, the pain of that moment has scored through me. The humiliation and anger and misery and rejection. So many emotions… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“Do you still believe that if you truly want something enough it can happen?" I ask. I think of all the times… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, all I can think about are all the things I don't know about him. All the things I never had time… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“You know how you can think you know someone or think you know them but maybe you only know them one way?"… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“How many times had it been made clear to Fin that he was alone in this world? That no one else could… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“As I stare at the blank page, I am at once awash inwords but unable to find the ones I want to use.” — Carrie Ryan Copy Share
“I will always need you," I whisper. "All of this time I've waited for you. And you were never coming for me. Why did… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share
“You stay safe, You love. You survive. You laugh and cry and struggle and sometimes you fail and sometimes you succeed. You Push.” — Carrie Ryan Copy Share
“It’s not always about tomorrow and the day after that—what we achieve over the years and how we leave the world. Sometimes it’s about… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share
“Always," I tell him. He catches his breath and I lean away until I can see his eyes. "I'm scared of losing my heart… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share
“Knowing that this is what it means to live. That this love, this need is what drives us to push and fight and build… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share
“The living used to wonder what happened after death. She said that whole religions were born and evolved around this one simple uncertainty.” — Carrie Ryan Copy Share
“We're the winners because we get to live. Because we get to survive. Despite the pain of this life, we get to feel.” — Carrie Ryan Copy Share
“So many memories roll through me and I realize that this is who we are: memories and shared experiences. This is what ties us… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share
“She prays to God, but He's silent. She searches for guidance, but the forest only moans.” — Carrie Ryan Copy Share
“It's as if everything shifts around me, the pieces that didn't fit together finally twisting until they match. The terror that had been clouding… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share
“I can’t compare the lives I could have lived. One would have been comfort and security. But the other …” She sighs. “It was… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share
