Normality is much less captivating than the extraordinary.

They were full of suspicion and wonder, which I had grown to recognize as two very dangerous things.

This will be the greatest discovery since the extinction of dinosaurs.”

“Assuming dinosaurs did exist, that is,” Derkein said.

Alex shook her head. “Couldn’t just let me have this moment, could you?

It’s too dangerous…I would never be able to forgive myself if something happened to him. I wouldn’t be able to bare it. Forgiveness would be out of the question; beyond my ability. I would never be able to forget that the boy I loved was hurt…or worse…because he came to this world. Because of me.

Depression is a funny thing. Some days you have the strength to get up out of bed and attempt to live your life as a normal human being, but others…you just don’t want to leave your room and socialize with the outside world—the world that you hate on days like this. You stay secluded in a tiny space, left alone to the thoughts that eat at your brain until you finally sit down and let them be thought.

Dying of tetanus might be preferable to spending any more time in your company...