“You're a dream. Like everything else.”

“It is naught but pain and regret when we think of the things and people we will never have, the opportunities we may never get. But to pine for those we have had and loved and once held but will ne...”

“So." [Isobel] cleared her throat. "What are we doing?""We," [Varen] said at last, "are doing a project on Poe.""Didn't he marry his cousin or something?""The man is a literary god and that's all yo...”

“Death always wins.”

“You yourself could be nothing more than a shadow, someone elses dream who is, themselves, someone elses.”

“The more this guy talked, the more he sounded like a fortune cookie.”

“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.”

“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.”

“Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information? Bones asked, getting back to the subject. You to take me, she replied at once. Not gonna happen! I spat, squ...”

“If she were gone I would be nothing. You should think better of yourself than to settle for that.”

“I keep telling myselfThat yourejust a girl.Another leaf blown across my pathDestined to pass onAnd shrivel into yourselfLike all the others.Yet despite my venomYou refuse to witherOr fade.You remai...”

“She wanted to touch him, to throw her arms around him but something held her back. Maybe it was the fear that her arms would pass right through him, that she would have come all this way only to f...”