Shannon A. Thompson Quotes & Sayings

A heroic act is not always followed by glory and parades and forever freedom," she said. "It's often small, disregarded, or forgotten. But it matters. — Shannon A. Thompson

Love was a lot more complicated when you had a lot of time on your hands. — Shannon A. Thompson

My problem stemmed from not forgiving myself. — Shannon A. Thompson

Some rumors said she was a demon from another world. Other rumors said she was death incarnate, someone to remind us of our misdeeds. But no one had said how beautiful she was. No one had mentioned her eyes. The ones that showed color only for a second. A hint of beauty in absolute blackness. — Shannon A. Thompson

These children are our future. We were children once. All of us were. Bad bloods are an evolution. They are a mutation, not a disease, and we will all have these special abilities one day. Are we going to kill all of our children then? Are we going to kill our future? Because that is what we are heading towards. A dead future. — Shannon A. Thompson

The truth was more powerful than a lie could ever be (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

I was falling in love with her, and she was falling in love with me. It was fated, decided before any of us were born, and I hated it as much as I loved it. I could barely stand it. (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

Just because I wasn't human, didn't mean I could discount human life. (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

My life wasn't horrible, but I didn't see any passionate reason to love it. — Shannon A. Thompson

She was always daydreaming. She never wanted to live in the real world; she always seemed to be separated from other children her age. They couldn't understand her or her imagination. She was always thinking outside of the box, breaking rules, and only following what her heart told her was right. — Shannon A. Thompson

I was born into chaos. I didn't know what peace felt like. — Shannon A. Thompson

I wouldn't be who I am today if it wasn't for the people I had met and the people I had lost. — Shannon A. Thompson

I live within my daydreams and nightmares; through that, I have learned to create, and I never cease from doing so. — Shannon A. Thompson

I would only blame myself if something happened to you. — Shannon A. Thompson

Fate was tricky like that. It consumed us when we thought we were free, and it freed us when we thought we were captured. — Shannon A. Thompson

His resonating stare fluttered through my memory, and I shivered. I hadn't seen kindness in his pupils. I only saw intensity, and, I hated to admit it, but he was beyond intimidating. He was overwhelming. (Jessica) — Shannon A. Thompson

Sometimes, lies were the same things as wishes. Sometimes, wishes were things to hate. — Shannon A. Thompson

The dark, twisting clouds that had settled over Vendona's streets seemed to open up and glide past the winking moon. The wind moaned slowly as it died while the trees began dancing with a melody only known to nature. The city became alive, and time raced forward as the sky warmed slightly. It was no longer snowing. — Shannon A. Thompson

The rebel inside of me always ignored the rules. — Shannon A. Thompson

Don't trust anybody else - no matter how close you are to them. (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

Identity was everything, but it seemed I never had one. (Jessica) — Shannon A. Thompson

Sometimes, people meant it when they smiled. Other times, they smiled because they wanted to mean it. — Shannon A. Thompson

You just love them both and want them to get along. You're guilty of nothing. — Shannon A. Thompson

Chaos within destiny. It was the definition of our love. — Shannon A. Thompson

Why do they hate us?" He paused. "We didn't do anything wrong. — Shannon A. Thompson

His entire presence was like gravity, impossible to forget, possible to believe in, a theory merged into a law. — Shannon A. Thompson

We are causing war and destruction among ourselves for all the wrong reasons. — Shannon A. Thompson

She used to tell me that a full moon was when mysterious things happen and wishes come true. — Shannon A. Thompson

One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica) — Shannon A. Thompson

Neither of us asked to be born descendants, yet I'd be rewarded with his death, and we couldn't prevent that. No one could. (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

She was strong and stubborn but loving. She was an untouchable angel with a devil's mark. She was beautiful. — Shannon A. Thompson

With the smell so close, the ocean came into view only a few moments later, sometimes peeking between old brick buildings with bright blue eyes, other times peering for a lingering moment like long lost relatives seeing one another for the first time. — Shannon A. Thompson

Until they feel what we feel, they will never fully understand the own hell they caused. — Shannon A. Thompson

The fantasized kiss was stolen time from the dreams ... — Shannon A. Thompson

Those are the bad guys, right?"
"Depends on who wins, I guess. — Shannon A. Thompson

The rules of life are nothing that cannot be fixed. — Shannon A. Thompson

Our love was a river, always changing under the mercy of nature's elements, but we continued to flow, even when we trickled. — Shannon A. Thompson

Watching them was like watching the sunset and the sunrise, equally beautiful in different ways. — Shannon A. Thompson

I found him between a reality and a nightmare. — Shannon A. Thompson

No one wanted to die with secrets in their grave. — Shannon A. Thompson

I wanted to survive - not for my kind, but for trust, for friendship, for another being. (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

War makes animals of men, and we can't let that happen to us. If we do, we won't have any chance of survival. — Shannon A. Thompson

Sometimes an outside perspective is the clearer perspective. — Shannon A. Thompson

I leaned against the desk, ran my hand over my father's paperwork, and picked up a pen. Turning around, I shoved it into my father's hand.
"What's this?" he asked, raising a brow.
"You'll need it to sign my death certificate," I said, pain vibrating my veins against my muscles and bones. "Are we done now?" (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

Differences disappear when faced with death. — Shannon A. Thompson

I couldn't help but feel as if everyone had lied about everything. We all had secrets. We all had a dark side to our innocent cover. I wondered what we would be like, if we had been completely honest with each other in the first place. Maybe more people would be alive, but then again, more people could be dead. — Shannon A. Thompson

We couldn't change anything, and in times of war, people become helpless and vulnerable. — Shannon A. Thompson

All love is immortal. — Shannon A. Thompson

I'm not mad. I already told you that. We all have mistakes in our past ... and our future. It's a fact of life. — Shannon A. Thompson

It's going to be okay, Eric," Urte said, helping me sit up.
I shook my head. "Lying is my forte, Urte, not yours." (Eric.) — Shannon A. Thompson

I thought of all the hardships and people that I had lost in the past few days alone, but, most of all, I thought of how I didn't regret any of it. — Shannon A. Thompson

I liked this rich lifestyle, but I loved the poor lifestyle better. The less money people had, the less greedy they seemed to be. The people who lived around our flocks seemed to always love everyone around them. Even though they aren't always happy and can't always afford the bills, they are still glad to be alive. — Shannon A. Thompson

When I first met him, he was everything I wanted to be, but over time, he showed me how I wanted to be myself, and that was how I fell in love with him. — Shannon A. Thompson

Either way, one should love their children, shouldn't they? After all, children are only duplicates of your own genes. What did these children ever ask for? They wanted love, family, and support. But WE kicked them out onto streets like animals just because WE, as adults, were scared of a situation WE weren't used to. — Shannon A. Thompson

I'm assuming you have a reason behind this irrational need to conform to this institution. (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

Tomorrow can take me," he said. "I don't need today anyway. — Shannon A. Thompson

We were together even when we were apart. — Shannon A. Thompson

I was a person full of wishes but without a star. — Shannon A. Thompson

Every second of everyday I still love them, and I won't believe they are dead until I see it for myself. — Shannon A. Thompson

Luthicer hummed. "You're either brave or very foolish."
"What's the difference?" (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

I leaned out one last time and caught a snowflake on my tongue. They tasted so good, so pure and so divine, like nothing I had ever tasted from the sky. It was as if happiness spread through your body with the cold, but then disappeared and brought depression, all in less then two seconds. It was unbelievable, and yet, addicting. — Shannon A. Thompson

I wanted to protect her, and, if I couldn't do that, I'd at least be there for her. (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

I truly loved her for the short period time that we had been together. I felt as if she was part of my destiny. To see that destiny leave was the most unexplainable feeling. It was also the worst. — Shannon A. Thompson

I'm just helping someone who is unfortunate. Is that a crime? — Shannon A. Thompson

I didn't particularly feel like explaining myself to eighteen bewildered people. — Shannon A. Thompson

I wasn't sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

Her kiss was a good-bye and a promise and a dream. — Shannon A. Thompson

The comfort was peculiarly chilling. — Shannon A. Thompson

I wasn't in the mood for a fight, but fights weren't always conveniently scheduled. (Jessica) — Shannon A. Thompson

Anyone could be anybody. (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

Sometimes we hurt the ones we love, but hurting ourselves to avoid it doesn't make it better. — Shannon A. Thompson

I may be a homeless, old man, but that doesn't make me worthless. — Shannon A. Thompson

Bad bloods aren't born evil or dangerous. We are taught to be, but only because we have to if we want to survive. — Shannon A. Thompson

I saw something I could never forget. I saw lifetimes of acknowledgement, fear, wisdom, questioning, and understanding in a child's eye. It was the worst thing I would ever witness. — Shannon A. Thompson

I knew nothing of death, and, for some unexplainable reason, I was beginning to feel guilty for that. -Jessica — Shannon A. Thompson

I know you better then anyone. You're practically my son, and I think that it's the fact that you don't want to see her leave. You are afraid of change." He paused; he was right. "You are afraid that she will change. — Shannon A. Thompson

I was their leader. I would never leave them, not even in the time of death. — Shannon A. Thompson

War?' The word held too much definition for three letters. — Shannon A. Thompson

Tell me, how do get away from your own self? she questioned. I knew what she meant with a sickening realization. They knew what I was. Somehow, they had found out my only secret. — Shannon A. Thompson

It's my job to lead you to success, and, if you fail, it's because I failed, not you.' (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

The closer he was the less confident I was. — Shannon A. Thompson

Being a child sucked. Being a teenager was worse. And being an adult seemed so far away that I had a better chance at swimming the length of the ocean than growing up. — Shannon A. Thompson

I remembered every moment between us, and every moment felt more precious as time passed. — Shannon A. Thompson

What fueled this hatred? Society. — Shannon A. Thompson

I'd prefer you accuse my son, so he can defend his innocence rather than prolong unnecessary guilt. (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

I don't believe that," I said, and he raised his brow beneath his shaggy hair.
"I never asked you to."
(Jessica) — Shannon A. Thompson

The feeling of death is not as peaceful as they make it sound in movies and books. It was frightening and empty ... I never want to feel it again. — Shannon A. Thompson

Fate was a reality, but it wasn't a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And we'd fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to me to guarantee our survival of it. (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

Don't make excuses. They're pointless. — Shannon A. Thompson

Love crosses the sky on a peculiar disturbing night. — Shannon A. Thompson

I didn't even have a name for her, shade or human, but I didn't need one to know her. (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

He's been through so much and to watch that boy suffer makes me wish this world wasn't so cruel. — Shannon A. Thompson

I can't take back the past, but I can fight for the future. — Shannon A. Thompson

Harmony would only come with destruction. — Shannon A. Thompson

Everything seemed so unreal - so supernatural - and I had to remind myself that is was. We weren't human. We never were. (Jessica) — Shannon A. Thompson

Damn the way he had control over me. — Shannon A. Thompson

Without this flock, I would be worthless. Without the people in this flock, I'd be empty. Without the people who started this flock, I'd be dead. — Shannon A. Thompson

I thought that love at first sight was something that was only in cheesy movies and romantic novels until that moment. — Shannon A. Thompson

Sometimes battles are unavoidable. — Shannon A. Thompson

You can't make the world perfect, Daniel," Michelle said calmly while dusting dirt off her jeans with her delicate hand.
"No. I can't," I agreed. "But I can sure help make it better. — Shannon A. Thompson