Josephine Angelini

As she climbed a ladder and started boarding up the smashed front windows, Helen realized that some things stay a little bit broken forever__ven after they__e been fixed.

Love is willing to become to villain so that the one who you love can stay a hero.

Never say never,_ he said urgently, rolling back on top of her and using all of his unusually heavy mass to press her deep into the cocoon of her little girl bed. __he gods love to toy with people who use absolutes.

The Gods know what it is to be eternal, and they love to toy with mortals who use absolutes.

Hello, Lady Witch," he said, breaking into a brazen grin. "Sorry to see you're laid up again.""Occupational hazard," Lily mumbled...

I'm trying to do what's right, but I don't know if there is a such a thing as a right option anymore. Just different kids of wrong."Breakfast narrowed his eyes at her. "Don't get too comfortable with that notion.

You'd claim me?" he asked, hopeful but cautious.She nodded once. "Because I'd never set a monster like you loose in the world.

But how could anyone be grateful for what they have if they didn__ know what it was like not to have what they need?

She'd created her own hell, and now that she had learned to control her fear, she knew how to create her own paradise.

Do you know what it means to be a survivor? It means that not only do you have to live through things, you have to live with them as well. The second part is much harder and sometimes it takes the rest of your life to learn how to do it. But at least you have the rest of your life_

Helen stared at him "How do you do that? How do you figure everything out so quickly?""You may be all-powerful, but nothing beats plain old logic." He smiled at her

As soon as he had her safe again in his arms he broke down and kissed her. Helen was so stunned she stopped crying before she had a chance to start and nearly fell out of the sky. Still thebetter flyer, Lucas caught her and supported her as they tumbled on the wind, holding and kissing each other as he tumbled on the wind, holding and kissing each other as he guided them safely back down to the catwalk. As their feet touched down, the light inside the lighthouse switched onand projected the shadows of their embracing figures out onto the choppy waves of the ocean.__ can__ lose you,_ Lucas said, pulling his mouth away from hers. __hat__ why I didn__ tell you the whole truth. I thought if you knew how bad it was you__ send me away. I didn__ want you to give up hope. I can__ do this if you give up on us._(Starcrossed)

I am the god of dreams, but not even I would dream of speaking for Hades,_ Morpheus replied with a mischievous look in his eyes. __ut if I had to guess, I would say it__ because he knows how destructive his little brother is. Hades, unlike most of the other gods, cares for mortals and doesn__ want to see them at war. Probably because he has to tend their souls when they die. He has had to judge millions of souls and that has given him a strong sense of justice. Leaving you to fight Zeus with no training is something he would consider unjust.

But you have to admit it is human nature to only really appreciate something if you__e worked for it, or if you know you can lose it. How are you going to make the inhabitants of your little heaven feel fulfilled if everything comes to them easily?

It's not our talents that make us safe or dangerous, it's our choices.

Helen hadn't realized how heavy the burden of hate had been until she was allowed to put it down.

But____ leaving.__ot without me.