“I have loved you all my life, Mal," I whispered through my tears. "There is no end to our story.”

“Do you answer a question directly?""Hard to say. Ah, there, I've done it again”

“He doesnt need a donkey, says Ana Kuya. He has a wife.”

“I opened my mouth, but the same words came to me again and again.I will not scream. I will not scream. I will not scream.”

“Mal snickered. "What's so funny?""I just pictured the Darkling being cornered by a sweaty duchess trying to have her way with him.”

“You just punched a prince, Alina. I guess we can add one more act of treason to our list.I shook out my sore hand. My knuckles smarted. First of all, are we so sure he really is a prince? And secon...”

“The ox feels the yoke, but does the bird feel the weight of its wings?”

“Ever have a dream so real you felt you could reach out and touch it?”

“The nearest thing we have to a defence against [the gods] (but there is no real defence) is to be very wide awake and sober and hard at work, to hear no music, never to look at earth or sky, and (a...”

“Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day.”