“Jaces husky voice almost came out in a purr. He said, You want to make a bet on that, Charlie. Oh yeah, he can sell that stuff alright. No worries, Jace was saying. I only have eyes for you. He tou...”

“Her scream of utter horror and fright was a sound that no one in the chamber would ever forget.~Crispin.~”

“Oh. Cmon, pretty girl. I like it when ya scream. The leader breathed into my ear. I spat as good as I could on his hand. He jumped back glaring. I said, Funny. You like it when I scream? Yet you co...”

“Why cant I take you? Why is it so hard? You have the other half of my soul; with you I will be complete! So. Then. Why? Crispin murmured clenching his fists. Oh, he pitied the fool who would be in...”

“Just what I predicted, he smiled. Run, little sheep. Run. For soon, the big bad wolf will have you right where you belong, Crispin whispered as he manifested out of the school.~Crispin~”

“My stomach knotted up as heat surged through me. Why did I feel like melting every time I saw him, or heard him talk? Stop that right now. I blushed. I know what youre doing, Jace, and its not goin...”

“Sibyl, what do you want?I want to live, the Sibyl said, and her voice rang rich and full. I want to keep on living forever and watching heroes and fools and knights go up and down, into the world a...”

“When God is driven to the periphery of the public square, the human spiritual capacity longs for exercise, and it often finds it in the suspension of disbelief and activity of the imagination that ...”

“When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it.”

“What you choose to do in this life will surely affect you in the next... Just do good, even when it's very hard to do so. It's your life that's on the line.”

“GET IN" he says, getting in on the driver side. I get in with no questions. Okay. This is a bad movie waiting to happen-I'm getting in a car with a guy I just met today who is keeping secrets from ...”

“What will I do if I find myself with a heart?" "Lose it constantly, I imagine.”

“And once you've been to this Center, this Truth, you'll know your way everywhere. You are never lost again.”

“The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love yo...”

“What Joab did not and could not know was that it was ego, and the ego of a king is just like the ego of anyone else. It is a social infection, entering each person as a psychological virus that is ...”