“I stop, because a little piece of me can't help hoping. I turn to look at him, and know, to my shame, that he could break my resolve with a single word.” — Cristin Terrill Copy Share Image
“I struggle to keep my hard, expressionless mask in place. The doctor's most powerful weapon has always been his particular brand of brutal honesty.… — Cristin Terrill Copy Share Image
“For a second I'd forgotten. And when I remembered, it stung all over again.” — Cristin Terrill Copy Share Image
“Let me look at you.” I pull away and put my hands on his cheeks, examining his face. Blue eyes, of course. And how… — Cristin Terrill Copy Share Image
“He's got it all. The lineage, the resources, the perfect presidential hair. He'd be crazy not to run.” — Cristin Terrill Copy Share Image
“It's a silence I know. The kind that's actually a sound so loud your brain doesn't know how to interpret it at first.” — Cristin Terrill Copy Share Image
“Well, that was easy,' I whisper as we follow the little signs with arrows that lead toward room 126. 'No, that was very dangerous… — Cristin Terrill Copy Share Image
“I almost regret having to tell him this. No one should be confronted with the depths of darkness they're capable of all at once.” — Cristin Terrill Copy Share Image
“They were the best family I'd ever had, and it was all total, total bullshit.” — Cristin Terrill Copy Share Image
