“Her heart and soul had already spoken. They wouldnt let Lucas go.”

“I would love to see her set you on fire.”

“Ill never turn her away, Clyde. Shes my mate. Ill protect her till my dying breath. Ill even swallow my pride and ask a favor as momentous as the one I just asked of a man who has done nothing but ...”

“If you love her as much as you claim you do, why cant you let her be happy? Shes made her choice, Lucas asked.Its because I love her that Im trying to protect her from you. I could give her a bette...”

“She smiled, content in knowing no one had ever loved her as much as Lucas, and now she knew why. Because no one could love her more, or better, than the demon king.”

“Oh God, he thought. Im sorry, I thought I heard you say to come in.I did.But youre only wearing a towel.What is it with you guys and towels? Its not like Im naked.”

“Men who fear demons see demons everywhere.”

“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innume...”

“I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature. The zebra is the worst part of us when we are fac...”

“I hate going through this when we just found...," his voice trailed off."Found what?""Each other," he finished, half-smiling.”

“The Elven people believe that preservation of the land and all that lives and grows upon it, plant and animal alike, is a moral responsibility. They have always held this belief foremost in their c...”

“Whatever hypnotizing charms I may have over boys, did not in fact work on three hundred pound girl elves. Not that I would ever try it again.”

“A faerie heart is different from a human heart. Human hearts are elastic. They have room for all sorts of passions, and they can break and heal and love again and again. Faerie hearts are evolution...”

“The faerie represent the beauty we don't see, or even choose to ignore. That's why I'll paint them in junkyards, or fluttering around a sleeping wino. No place or person is immune to spirit. Look h...”

“The time for equivocation has passed. You can stop this at any point by telling me we will rule the court apart from a distance, but until you do so"-he let liquid sunlight drip onto her skin-"I'm ...”