“Fire and ice licked at his soulwhispered his namedrawing him deeper into the enveloping pain and blackness as hed dreamed earlier. He suddenly wished to return to the rippling stream. The water wou...”

“Even as she began to slip into the gloaming of her life, the primal need to liveto survive...clawed at her soul.”

“If a soul could drown in its own tears, then hers was already dead.”

“You want to show me your wrath? You want to hurt me, so show me. We can take this to the bedroom if you likethe bed might be reduced to kindling, but Im willing to take that chance. Now fight me, h...”

“Laney, why do I believe you transcend the ordinary? Why do I look at you, and expect to see a faade fall away, revealing something much more than even the extraordinary? Tell me."Elaine flushed, he...”

“Somehow everything always came down to time, she realized with perfect lucidity. There was either too much or too little. It either passed too quickly or too slowly. It didnt belong to anyoneit was...”

“To the wizard death is merely a belief.”

“Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I ...”

“Theres no such thing as negative energy on the spiritual plane. It is an illusion. All negative energy comes from the ego. What we call negative experiences are only contradictions of the human ego...”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

“But this time as soon as he moved she began to fade. He stopped at once, not breathing again, motionless, willing his eyes to see that she had stopped too. But she had not stopped. She was fading, ...”

“Nico knew something about ghosts. Letting them get inside your head was dangerous. He wanted to help Reyna, but since his own strategy was to deal with his problems alone, spurning anyone who tried...”

“It was all real and blazing with detail. But I was shadow, light as mist, mute as the wallpaper.”