“Were not having sex, are we?No, Talia confirmed. Dont take it the wrong way, youre by far the nicest insect Ive ever spent time with, but first contact is one thing. Im not sure my reputation can t...”

“Bit nave, isnt it? So much for the Age of Enlightenment.I grew up believing in dragons, du Bois pointed out.”

“Im not sure were quite the monsters you want us to be.”

“We’re not having sex, are we?”“No,” Talia confirmed. “Don’t take it the wrong way, you’re by far the nicest insect I’ve ever spent time with, but first contact is one thing. I’m not sure my reputat...”

“Bit naïve, isn’t it? So much for the Age of Enlightenment.”“I grew up believing in dragons,” du Bois pointed out.”

“I’m not sure we’re quite the monsters you want us to be.”

“Marrying a woman who was reckless must have been the ultimate reckless act, requiring a lifetime of balancing to keep both of them safe”

“What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed.”

“Sky, wait. The way his voice wraps around my name makes me wish the only word in his entire vocabulary way Sky.”

“I'm not going to do it again," Lena Marquez whispered to the red purse across the hall from her nestle of blankets. "Never again.”