After everything, you still want to believe that love prevails, that in the end there will be justice. That is an illusion, and I pity you.

— Jessica Fortunato

Cricket’s voice broke through Thomas’s memory. He was reading a letter, most likely from his mother. He was trying hard to hide it, but he was tearing up. “Captain I don’t want to be here,” was all he could choke out. Thomas reached over and gave Cricket’s shoulder a tight squeeze.

— Jessica Fortunato

Death was constant, unprejudiced to age, race, or creed.

— Jessica Fortunato

Every part of life changes with every breath we take. If you don’t like where your story is headin’, you fight your fate with everything you have.

— Jessica Fortunato

For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food. In my distress, I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones. I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.~Psalm 102 NIV Bible

— Jessica Fortunato

God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.~Ecclesiastes 3:17

— Jessica Fortunato

He held up his hands in surrender. “I’m not here to start trouble. I am just doing some research for my thesis.”“If you don’t get out of this bar, you are going to be writing your thesis via Ouija board.

— Jessica Fortunato

Her name is Emilia. She is quite eccentric and was Thomas’s best friend.

— Jessica Fortunato

He took her hand without question, without fear, and he never regretted it.

— Jessica Fortunato

I have faith in us as a family, and our friends. I think we will survive because we don’t wish to harm anyone. If you ever need something to believe in, believe that to stand and fight for the people you love is the most honorable thing you can do with your life.

— Jessica Fortunato