“That's what I've started to learn about this world. It might give, but it always takes away.” — Carrie Ryan Education Copy Share Image
“There is a world out there, out beyond us. And now we are part of this world. It is terrifying and wonderful” — Carrie Ryan Terrifying Copy Share Image
“Those days back there, in the house. That is my world. That is my truth," he says. "That is my ocean.” — Carrie Ryan Ocean Copy Share Image
“... If you never try to see [someone] for who they are, then you don't love them enough.” — Carrie Ryan Forest-of-hands-and-teeth 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… — Carrie Ryan Blank Copy Share Image
“I let the sobs overtake me then. This was not the way I imagined my life.” — Carrie Ryan Cried Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it's those things you can't touch that you need to hold on to the most.” — Carrie Ryan Hold Copy Share Image
“I feel as though I'm a storm inside and the waves of it can be seen in my eyes.” — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
“I can’t compare the lives I could have lived. One would have been comfort and security. But the other …” She sighs.… — Carrie Ryan Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“I realize that sometimes death comes before you expect it. That while we are rarely prepared for our friends, family and loved… — Carrie Ryan Death 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 Failure 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 Gaze Copy Share Image
“Always," I tell him. He catches his breath and I lean away until I can see his eyes. "I'm scared of losing… — Carrie Ryan Scared Copy Share Image
“He is always there for her,always waiting. The most constant companion anyone could pray for. One of these days she will return… — Carrie Ryan Companion Copy Share Image
“Do you think the dead don’t know what they’ve lost? Don’t you ever wonder why they seek human flesh? That maybe it’s… — Carrie Ryan Dead Copy Share Image
“It's the most beautiful thing in the world." he says, "I just..." He pauses and looks back into the fire. "I just… — Carrie Ryan Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Keď spoznáš lásku ... láska je to, vďaka čomu hodno žiť. Keď s ňou každý deň žiješ. Zobúdzaš sa s ňou, držíš… — Carrie Ryan Love Copy Share Image
“I imagine that's what it must have been like to ride the roller coaster back in the before time. One moment teetering… — Carrie Ryan Coaster Copy Share Image
“Who are we if not the stories we pass down? What happens when there's no one left to tell those stories? To… — Carrie Ryan Mary 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 Every day Copy Share Image
“I know that to you everything has changed for the worse over the last weeks. But for me..." Elias pauses. rests his… — Carrie Ryan Death Copy Share Image
“We are our own memory-keepers and we have failed ourselves. It is like that game we played in school as children. Sitting… — Carrie Ryan Children Copy Share Image
“I love you, Mary," he says, and that is when I let the tears come. The great heaving sobs of terror and… — Carrie Ryan Love Copy Share Image
“When you're young you have such expectations of each other. So many needs. And when you're older..." He shrugs. "You want someone… — Carrie Ryan Different people 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 Enough time Copy Share Image
“All my life I have been trained by that siren. Before I could walk I knew the siren meant death. It meant… — Carrie Ryan Death Copy Share Image
“It all seems so worthless. Such a waste of lives. We've spent hundreds of years since the Return buffering the Dark City… — Carrie Ryan Dark city Copy Share Image
“Did you know that when we were kids Cass used to tell me your stories? She used to laugh at you. Not… — Carrie Ryan Hesitation Copy Share Image
“Two days ago, the Preserve received a curious visitor. Our logbook shows the signature of a Ms. Notah Reelnaym, hailing from the… — Carrie Ryan Humour 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 Alone 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 Catcher Copy Share Image