“It's a fact that people are afraid of what they don't understand. And most are too lazy or ignorant to find out more.”

“Until now, you have always lived your life alone. Every decision youve made has been for you and you alone. Now, and for the rest of your days, your life will be tied to anothers. Every decision yo...”

“I knew I sounded hysterical, and Adrians calmness only drove that home. I think I have an idea, he said. An idea thatll get us some hardcore protection but I dont know how youll feel about it.Im o...”

“Are you in a suit?' I managed at last, my voice choking up. 'You didnt have to dress up for me.''Quiet, Sage,' he said. 'Ill make the hilarious one-liners during this daring rescue.”

“What in the world is this abomination?Lissa, only slightly more tactful, asked, Adrian, is this some kind of joke?”

“I'd never felt so helpless - so hopeless - in my life as I did there. To be completely under someone's power, with no one to turn to for help, to make someone feel like they're at fault for you hur...”

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”

“Fear is all in the mind”

“No. Ye loved him. I canna hold it against either of you that ye mourn him. And it gives me some comfort to know ..." He hesitated, and I reached up to smooth the rumpled hair off his face."To know ...”

“In his arms Ive finally found the place Ive been looking for, where fear cant touch me, where memories cant reach, where the past is forgotten and the present is enough. Where the present is, in fa...”

“Our relationship with the world can only be better when we know ourselves well!”

“How can I tell anyone that there has always lived within me a rusty sense of disgust-a dull, brackish water that I suspect is my soul?”

“I'll tell you a secret.Old storytellers never die.They disappear into their own story.”

“A secret note is secret. There is no reason to sign it.”