“After a few hours, crying seemed useless, but it was all I could do. All it took was a month; thirty days to fall in love and fall apart. He would become just another causality, a consequence, a number.” LoveHeartbreakHeartacheGrief And LossTeen RomanceFirst Person Narrative Author:Kaylie Fowler
“They say that all things happen for a reason, and I used to believe that, until reason lost its meaning.” ReasonFateReflectionFirst Person Narrative Author:Kaylie Fowler
“They say love can last forever, but they never mentioned how quickly it can be taken. he made thirty days feel like forever, and that was the best and worst thing about him.” HopeReflectionGrief And LossTeenage LoveFirst Person Narrative Author:Kaylie Fowler
“I thought that I loved her. I really did.” LoveReflectionTeenage LoveTeen RomanceFirst Person Narrative Author:Kaylie Fowler
“I grew to love August Bennett. In the small moments we shared. He wanted to protect me, and I wanted to protect him, but I was afraid of the truth. That we were not safe, that none of us were safe.” LoveTeenage LoveTeen RomanceFirst Person Narrative Author:Kaylie Fowler
“Darkness. It was swallowing me. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't see. My limbs were as light as air. Reduced to atoms? I was floating. I was at peace. I closed my eyes and let it come. No more pain, no more suffering, just air. All around me, taking up the space of my body.” PainReflectionDeath And DyingAfterlifeFirst Person NarrativeDying Young Author:Kaylie Fowler
“Today was the day. Today our routines were different; today we would know our place in the world.” Opening LineNew BeginningFirst Person NarrativeOpening Sentence Author:Kaylie Fowler
“I was once thought that we could all be saved, that maybe we could escape or be liberated. But I was wrong.” HopelessnessPerilFirst Person Narrative Author:Kaylie Fowler
“I had never given much thought to pain, to suffering. I never thought that bad things could happen to me or my family, and, as if it was a lesson, it all came at once.” PainHopeReflectionPainful MemoriesLessons In LifeFirst Person Narrative Author:Kaylie Fowler
“Today marks the start of a rebellion, of building a new, prosperous society; one beyond genetic impurities." Anthony announced.” SpeechRebellionFirst Person Narrative Author:Kaylie Fowler
“They say that death is peaceful, that you will be at peace when it is your time to leave this life.” DeathReflectionFirst Person NarrativeFinal Moments Author:Kaylie Fowler
“But the truth is, I didn't want it to. All of that pain reminded me of what was at risk, what I could lose if I was reckless. I could have saved everyone, but I could not save myself. Moments before the medics pulled the plug, I had realized that I had made my mark on this world. I had fallen so madly in love with this incredible girl, and I broke her heart. I had a best friend and the pleasure of being Clarissa's enemy.” DeathReflectionFirst Person NarrativeFinal Moments Author:Kaylie Fowler
“The truth was that I didn't want to die. I didn't want to. There was so much I wanted to say, wanted to do. I wanted to make the world a better place, I wanted to live a happy life with Maria.” DeathReflectionFirst Person NarrativeFinal Moments Author:Kaylie Fowler