“It's one thing to know a truth in your head but another to understand it in your heart.” — Carrie Ryan Truth Copy Share Image
“We’re set in motion and then we spend our lives maintaining that motion, but to what end? For what purpose?” — Carrie Ryan Life Copy Share Image
“In the moment between my mother's death and her Return, I stop believing in God.” — Carrie Ryan Death Copy Share Image
“How did he change? What was he like before?" ... "He was happy before.” — Carrie Ryan Catcher Copy Share Image
“Is that all we have left? Is that all we are? Lights on a map that are slowly dying, hanging on for… — Carrie Ryan Hanging Copy Share Image
“But of course everything presses forward, even as we dig our feet against the reality of it all.” — Carrie Ryan Forward Copy Share Image
“What matters is what we do with the life we have."-The Dark and Hollow Places” — Carrie Ryan Life Copy Share Image
“Magic is just potential for creation. It follows no rules and breaks them all” — Carrie Ryan Creation Copy Share Image
“Because I do not accept the hand of God; I do not believe in divine intervention or predestination. I cannot believe that… — Carrie Ryan Choice Copy Share Image
“We forget that the rest of live can be just as dangerous. I think about how fragile we are here-- like fish… — Carrie Ryan Darkness 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 Existed Copy Share Image
“I don't understand how I can know so little about love and how it works. How I can be so bad at… — Carrie Ryan Leaving 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 Love Copy Share Image
“What use are experiences if we're not allowed to remember them? If we forget in order to avoid the pain and loss?… — Carrie Ryan Pain and loss Copy Share Image
“I want to sleep, I want dreams to pull me from this world and make me forget. To stop the memories from… — Carrie Ryan Dreams Copy Share Image
“...I realized that life isn't something to be scared of. That you don't have to hold on so tightly that you can't… — Carrie Ryan Breathe Copy Share Image
“It wouldn't have mattered if they were scratches or not," he says, his voice like liquid. "I was bitten during the escape… — Carrie Ryan Bitten Copy Share Image
“It's not about surviving. It should be about love. When you know love...that's what makes this life worth it. When you live… — Carrie Ryan Death Copy Share Image
“There is a child - a baby - who long since kicked off her blankets. Her skin is ashen and her mouth… — Carrie Ryan Baby Copy Share Image
“Wait," Fin said, puzzling through the words. "That was a seed, not a secret." "Of course it was." It sounded annoyed, at… — Carrie Ryan Seed Secret Copy Share Image
“I realize that this is the way the world works. If I could stop the spin, stop the rotation, I would have… — Carrie Ryan Long ago Copy Share Image
“It's as if everything shifts around me, the pieces that didn't fit together finally twisting until they match. The terror that had… — Carrie Ryan Wishing Copy Share Image
“There's one detail I've always remembered: He told me how long it takes the light from the stars to reach through space… — Carrie Ryan Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Sometimes life isn't about the end. It's not always about tomorrow and the day after that-what we achieve over the years and… — Carrie Ryan Life 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
“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
“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
“The morning sun burned away the mist so the valley below is now clear. The scope of what I see drowns out… — Carrie Ryan 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 Enough time Copy Share Image
