A kind of childlike purity to her repose that made the thought of kissing her seem vile.

— Jessica Khoury

There is no brightness without darkness. There is no body without its shadow.

— Jessica Khoury

She was a blank, a wordless being. She was a hole in the universe.

— Jessica Khoury

It's a limitless new world, and we are only just beginning to explore it.

— Jessica Khoury

It seemed to her that living without control of your own will was hardly a step above not living at all.

— Jessica Khoury

There's just one rule, just one basic law that everyone lives under : take control or be controlled.

— Jessica Khoury

Everytime he looked at her she felt brighter inside, and she yearned to keep his attention, to hold his gaze.

— Jessica Khoury

If people could fall apart, why couldn't they fall back together?

— Jessica Khoury