It seems I can go from elated, embarrassed, angry, and back to embarrassed in four comments flat.

Safe? What can be classified as safe? Everything we do in life has a risk. Just getting out of bed each morning can be dangerous. It's not a matter of what is safe, Cooper, it's a matter of what are you going to allow to hold you back." I look down at him over my shoulder and smile. "You going to let some squeaking metal hold you back?

What looked like morning was the beginning of endless night

No one is nothing. Everyone has a place and a purpose. Some choose their purpose and others have it thrust upon them but no one is useless. Everyone is someone. The world has use for us all.

She had fire dancing in her eyes as she assaulted him with her serpent's tongue. Tonight she was not his wife but his little sister.

«Era tutto così bello, ed era tutto per gli esseri umani che non sapevano cosa farsene di tanta bellezza. Possedevano il più grande dei doni e non lo capivano, non lo curavano e si ostinavano a edificare, ad ammucchiare pietre su altre pietre, case su altre case.
Avrebbero distrutto ogni cosa, e io sarei stata costretta a sopportare la disfatta della natura contro l'essere umano.
Lei, madre della loro vita, stava poco a poco soccombendo a causa loro.
Ci avrebbero uccisi tutti prima o poi.
Ma si può davvero uccidere la morte?»