"Everyone wants to know how we can predict death. Tell me this. Do you ask pilot's to explain aerodynamics before boarding the place or do you simply travel to your destination? I urge you to not concern yourselves with how we know about the deaths and instead focus on how you'll live your life. Your final destination may be closer than you think." (1)

"I just got to be present. I might not make it to the future, but I can live in the now." (5)

"Freedom can be freeing, but that doesn't mean it can' be heartbreaking." (17)

"Here's the truth no one ever wants to admit when death is on the horizon, or when your deep in grief— as long as you keep existing, you'll keep breathing, and if you're breathing, one day you'll start to live again." (61)

"Death-Cast won't just tell people when they'll die. We'll make sure their lives don't go unlived." (69)

"Everything is eerily still. It's as if I've died already and I'm in purgatory, life's ultimate waiting room." (114)

"Caring so much about my livelihood meant not caring about how I was living." (115)

"But on nights like tonight, when it would've been easy for my heart to just give up in Times Square, I got to recognize that my wallet is stacked with good fortune. I just wish I could share the wealth and drop some luck into Valentino's empty cup. Maybe luck could save his life too. (123)

"The boy with the constellation name. I've only seen some of his stars at work, but I understand the beauty." (134)

"Once I'm dead, I'm dead." (144)

"There's nothing like speaking your truths out loud. I swear by that." (165)

"Suddenly, everything feels so tense it's like I might pop into a thousand pieces. I'm embarking on a really dangerous journey to keep someone alive who is destined to die. For every minute I buy him, that's more time getting to know him. The longer I know him the harder everything will hurt." (166)

"It's part of my job to feel comfortable in my own skin. To my own bones. How could I do that if I can't be myself at home?" (220)

"You don't owe anything to the people who don't want to see you happy" (224)

"I don't want to regret not saying anything— not taking action." (224)

"May they all live while they can, and then rest in peace." (244)

"... no matter what's happening in your life, the world doesn't only spin for you." (273)

"As someone so open today, I grew up so caged. There were so many things I was nevera allowed to say. I couldn't swear. I couldn't question God. I couldn't talk about my crushes. Then I came out of the closet, and my parents wanted me to go right back in. But Orion isn't asking me to filter my thoughts or feelings. He's asking me to release everything." (319)

"This city is so huge that even someone who's been excited to move here didn't know about this place What other wonders are out there that I'll never see? Not even just in the city or the state or the country. The whole world. I kind of wish I could go into space and do a lap around the planet. Then I could say I saw it all. I can't imagine NASA is going to send a Decker into space unless it's a suicide mission, so I'm going to enjoy this slice of the world I never even knew existed." (320-321)

"... waiting until it's your End Day to start living means you won't have time to do it all. Your life will be divided into firsts and lasts and nevers." (335-336)

"Who would have thought that falling in love could take you to the the skies?

But people don't have wings, and walking through life is how you get to be in it.

It's up close, it's personal. It's real." (367)

"It's wild, but I could live until I'm a hundred and I think I'll still never know love. Like, legit love. This world isn't built for guys like us, you know." (372)

"There's a million reasons why someone won't come out. What might seem like no big deal to one person is the whole universe to another." (373)

"Parents not kicking you out of your home because you're gay shouldn't be luck. That should be the expectation when you bring a kid into this world. If you can't do that, then fuck off, fuck off, fuck off. I'm done playing this shit where we got to be nice to the people who hate on us for how we love. They're the reasons why we got it so hard, why we lock away our feelings even though it means we'll die without knowing the happiness that comes to others so easily." (373)

"I believe there are people you're destined to meet, but it's up to you to do the work." (374)

"Life shouldn't be about to be over before someone begins living." (419)

"Love is a superpower, ... It's one we all have, but it's not a superpower you'll always be able to control. It'll get harder when you get older too. Don't be scared if you find yourself loving someone you're not expecting to. If it's right, it's right." (437-438)

"The End Days have some horrors, but if you commit to living, they can be beautiful too." (532)

"While Death-Cast can only tell someone when they will die, they can't predict how someone's life will change on their End Day. The Decker must make those discoveries themselves by living with the fullest of hearts, down to the least beat." (541)

"I'm no longer a short story. I'm now a novel.

Better yet, I'm a work in progress.

I have all these blank new pages, and I'm going to live a life worth writing about." (549-550)