“She tilted her head back, breathing deeply. It was a stone gray day, the sea a bleak slate broken up by whitecaps, the sky pleated with thick ripples of cloud. A hard wind filled the sails, carryin...”

“Jesper: If Pekka Rollins kills us all, Im going to get Wylans ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I can annoy the hell out of your ghost.Kaz: Ill just hire Matthias ghost to ...”

“Greed is your god, Kaz."He almost laughed at that. "No, Inej. Greed bows to me. It is my servant and my lever.”

“Kaz reached into his coat pocket. "Here," he said and handed Jesper a slender book with an elaborate cover."Are we going to read to each other?""Just flip it open to the back."Jesper opened the boo...”

“And what god do you serve, then?Whichever will grant me good fortune. I dont think gods work that way. I dont think I care.”

“Van Eck raised a brow. "How old are you, girl? Sixteen? Seventeen? Nations rise and fall. Markets are made and unmade. When power shifts, someone always suffers.”

“Truth is as straight as an arrow, while a lie swivels like a snake.”

“Open the doors of your heart and they will comeAnd for every cruel arrow,Sweet caresses of delirium alsoTo nourish your soul.”

“We call this a bow, Capn, and the thing thats sticking out of that fellows head over on the other side of the trench is called an arrow. If you put them together just right, theyll do all sorts of ...”

“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.”

“Men work together,' I told him from the heart,'Whether they work together or apart.”

“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”