Carrie Ryan, The Dead-Tossed Waves

"She must face the forest of her mother’s past in order to save herself and the one she loves."

"Sometimes it’s the mistakes that turn out to be thebest parts of life,"

"[In my dream] they slide their lips over my skin, whispering whispering whispering. They tell me their names, they tell me their lives, they tell me their pain... I can't struggle, I can't stop laughing, I can't resist these people who once were."

"Do you still believe that if you truly want something enough it can happen" I ask. I think of all the times I wanted to stop the world from spinning, all the times I wanted to go back and start over again. All the things I've wanted to undo or take back. Did I not want them enough?"

"If your friend really cared about you he wouldn't let you take such risks."

"We're both just human. Nothing more. But also nothing less."

"I realize that life is risks. It’s acknowledging the past but looking forward. It’s taking a chance that we willmake mistakes but believing that we all deserve to be forgiven."

"Life is life. You choose to live it or you do not."

"You stay safe, You love. You survive. You laugh and cry and struggle and sometimes you fail and sometimes you succeed. You Push."