Eternity is a long time to spend alone, without others of your kind.

You left me. You made a pet out of me, and then you left me. If love were food, I would have starved on the bones you gave me.

You could give me the past,“ he said a little sadly. “But Alec is my future.

If love were food, I would have starved on the bones you gave me

Simon looked from one of them to the other, and shook his head. “ When did you two get so buddy-buddy? Last night it was all, ‘I’m the most elite warrior!’ ‘ No, I’m the most elite warrior!’ And today you’re playing Halo and giving each other props for good ideas.

Still I pictured having you for fifty, sixty more years. I thought I might be ready then to let you go. But it's you, and I realize now that I won't be anymore ready to lose you then than I am right now. Which is not at all.