{"quotes":[{"text":"I had to sever my emotional cord to escape the anger and shame that silently slithered through my head, disconnecting myself from the stares and whispers that followed me down the hall.","author":"Rebecca Donovan","tags":["anger","disconnecting","emma","emotional","escape","feelings","guilt","self-hatred","sever","shame","stares","struggle","thoughts","weakness"],"id":42529,"author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan"},{"text":"Anna and Emma just poofed.”“What?”“I was standing there. I was watching them. I was holding Anna’s hand when it happened.”Astrid rose and without really thinking about it wrapped her arms around Sam like she did when she was trying to comfort Little Pete.But unlike Little Pete, Sam responded to her touch by awkwardly hugging her back. For a moment his face was in her hair and she heard his ragged breathing close to her ear. And it seemed like they might do it again, the kissing thing, but then, both at once, they pushed away.“She was scared,” Sam said. “Anna, I mean. She saw Emma disappear. They were born just six minutes apart. So, first Emma. Then Anna, waiting for it. Knowing it was coming.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["anna","astrid","comfort","disappeared","emma","knowing","poofed","sam-temple","scared","upset","waiting"],"id":49714,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"It has sunk him, I cannot say how much it has sunk him in my opinion. So unlike what a man should be!-None of that upright integrity, that strict adherence to truth and principle, that distain of trick and littleness, which a man should display in every transaction of his life.","author":"Jane Austen","tags":["character","emma","integrity","jane-austen","man","trick","truth"],"id":106655,"author_id":"Jane+Austen"},{"text":"It was more important for me to try, than to not have the chance at all.","author":"Rebecca Donovan","tags":["attempt","chance","courage","determination","emma","important","reason-to-breathe","rebecca-donovan","try"],"id":117149,"author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan"},{"text":"You focus on a singer star,” I explained, as I searched for my spot. “Then you spin around, staring at that one star, until you can’t stand anymore.” I started spinning to demonstrate. “Then you lie down to watch the stars spinning above you while your star remains still.","author":"Rebecca Donovan","tags":["emma","evan","love","reason-to-breathe","stars"],"id":122899,"author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan"},{"text":"There were dozens of theories about what it was, that dome. Every scientist in the world, it seemed, had made a pilgrimage to the site. Tests had been conducted, measurements taken.They had tried drilling through it. Under it. Had flown over it. Had dug beneath it. Had approached it by submarine.Nothing worked.Every species of doomsayer from Luddite to End Times nut had had his say. It was a judgment. On America’s technological obsession, on America’s moral failure. This. That. Something else.Then the twins had popped out. Just like that. First Emma. Then, a few minutes later, Anna. Alive and well at the exact moment of their fifteenth birthday.They told tales of life inside the bowl. What they called the FAYZ.Connie Temple’s heart had swelled with pride for what she had learned of her son, Sam. And crashed into despair with tales of her other son, her unacknowledged child, Caine.Then, nothing. No other kids arrived for a while.Black despair settled over the families as they realized that it would be only these two. Months passed. Many lost faith. How could kids survive alone?But then, the Prophetess had reached into their dreams.One night Connie Temple had a lurid, incredible dream. She’d never had such a detailed dream. It was terrifying. The power of it took her breath away. There was a girl in that. ","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["anna","caine-soren","connie-temple","despair","dream","emma","faith","fayz","let-go","message","nurse-temple","orsay","pride","prophetess","sam-temple","scientists","surivive","theories"],"id":170171,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"With a new found confidence, Briston comes alive. 'Then we have to do something. We need to call the police, or the swat team, maybe the military.'Yeah, and why we're at it, why don't we send a prayer up to Heaven and tell the other angels to go ahead and take our names off the eternal guest list.","author":"Brandy Nacole","tags":["angel","briston","broken-faith","emma"],"id":184650,"author_id":"Brandy+Nacole"},{"text":"... He didn't know how to say good-bye. His throat ached from the strain of holding back his emotions. “I don't want to leave you,” he said humbly, reaching for her cold, stiff hands.Emma lowered her head, her tears falling freely. “I'll never see you again, will I?”He shook his head. “Not in this lifetime,” he said hoarsely.She pulled her hands away and wrapped her arms around his neck. He felt her wet lashes brush his cheek. “Then I'll wait a hundred years,” she whispered. “Or a thousand, if I must. Remember that, Nikki. I'll be waiting for you to come to me.","author":"Lisa Kleypas","tags":["dreams","emma","lisa-kleypas","love","nikki"],"id":185317,"author_id":"Lisa+Kleypas"},{"text":"You're Nash's brother. And a grim reaper?' She blinked again, and I readied myself for hysterics, or fear, or laughter. But knowing emma, I should have known better. 'So you, what? Kill people? Did you kill me that day in the gym?' She clenched the headrest, her expression an odd mix of anger, awe, and confusion. But there was no disbelief. She'd seen and heard enough of the bizarre following her own temporary death that Tod's admission obviously didn't come as that much of a surprise.Or maybe Nash's Influence was still affecting her a little.'No,' Tod shook his head firmly, but the corners of his mouth turned up in amusement. 'I had nothing to do with that. I do kill people, then I reap their souls and take them to be recycled. But only people who are on my list.'So, you're not...Dangerous?'His pouty grin deepened into something almost predatory, like the Tod I'd first met two months earlier. 'Oh, I'm dangerous....'Tod...' I warned, as Nash punched his brother in the arm, hard enough to actually hurt. 'Just not to you,' the reaper finished, shrugging at Emma. 'I see you all the time, but you've never seen me, because Kaylee said if I got too close to you, I'd suffer eternity without my balls.'Jeez, Tod!' I shouted, my anger threatening to boil over and scald us all.The reaper leaned closer to Emma and spoke in a stage whisper. 'She's not as scary as she thinks she is, but I respect her intent.","author":"Rachel Vincent","tags":["cocky","emma","funny","grim-reapers","tod"],"id":206047,"author_id":"Rachel+Vincent"},{"text":"You have your world to rebuild, and I have mine.","author":"Ransom Riggs","tags":["emma","jacob","mine","rebuild","world"],"id":206866,"author_id":"Ransom+Riggs"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":25,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}