The tough thing about following your heart is what people forget to mention. That sometimes your heart takes you places you shouldn't be. Places that are as scary as they are exciting. And as dangerous as they are alluring. And sometimes your heart takes you places that can never lead to a happy ending. And that's not even the difficult part. The difficult part is, when you follow you heart you leave normal. You go into the unknown. And once you do you can never come back. -Liz

I remember the first time I ever saw Michael. It was in the desert. The night we first came out of the pods. The sky was really starry, with a full moon. Isabel and I found each other first. We walked for a while. But we could both feel someone else. I talked to him about it once. He said he saw us, but he was afraid. So he just watched us for a long time. When he finally revealed himself to us, he was standing on a rock. Just like you'd expect from Michael: "Here I am. Deal with me." He said it was the hardest thing he's ever had to do. To trust us. -Max

Is that what I am? Strong? Smart enough to know that if I gave into my feelings, that if I kissed Max Evans just even once, that I would be getting into something that I would regret in the end? That I might take me somewhere I shouldn't go? -Liz

Isabel Evans and Alex Whitman on a date. This is like miraculous. It's the biggest moment of my life. It's amazing. It's too amazing. Oh, god, it's a joke isn't it? -Alex

I've just had this weird feeling all week. I don't know, like i'm going to hurt Maria or something. That just being who I am is going to hurt her. She's this innocent girl, she's so . . . . and . . . . her eyes, her lips are so . . . . and I'm just this . . . . visitor, you know? I can never be what she needs. -Michael

We came out of these pods. We looked just like normal kids. We've never been anything else. No green skin. No antennas. We feel pain. And we probably have more questions about ourselves than you do. I mean, haven't you ever felt . . . diffrent from everybody else? Like if you ever revealed your true self to anyone they just wouldn't understand? Well that's what it's like being us. I've never trusted anyone in my life. I'm not about to start now. -Isabel

Listening to Tpolsky, I suddenly realized it wasn't my future I was worried about at all. My future was full of all kinds of promise . . . if I could just get through my present. The future was always so clear to me, a straight path toward my goal. I'd just never counted on there being any intersections. I guess that's what makes life interesting . . . keeping yourself open, letting new people in. Changing your mind, not being afraid of the unexpected . . . then again, there's nothing wrong with a good plan. -Liz

Liz . . . . I think what I'm afraid of isn't that we try and it works out badly. What I'm really afraid of is we try it and it works out really well. I'm afraid of feeling everything I think I may feel. Because I know it's not . . . meant to be. And somewhere down the line we're going to get hurt. I can't live with that. -Max

The thing about Michael is, he's weird. But suprisingly interesting. I mean obviously not me for me. Obviously. It could never be. I mean, there's any number of obstacles. his hair, his personality, the fact that he was hatched. What Michael and I have is nonverbal. Michael is the kind of person my mom refers to as a "vibrator." One who communicates by sending vibes into the atmosphere. -Maria