“Long ago there was a little boy who lived in the wood with his father and his sister. One night, the three of them were out collecting firewood when they heard a low, delicate whimper. The father r...”

“Letti wasnt born to pass through the world. She had been born to sit atop of it.”

“I never tolerate disrespect or betrayal”

“Why do the birds return? What dyou mean? Brandon looked lost all of a sudden. I mean, they could go anywhere. Theyre freeso why do they return to this place? Brandon grinned. Cause homes home no m...”

“Then I guess we have a problembecause this man, Luhan Kane, is under arrest by decree of the Elders Circle. My authority outweighs yours.”

“OK then, picture daddy; whenever youre afraid just close your eyes and picture me. Ill be all that exists in your world and I promise to protect you.”

“It is for your own good to love a dare-devil rather than a holy coward. A dare-devil is a unique devil, battling your fears, your pains, conquering your uncertainties, carrying you his arms, and fl...”

“Life is not a battle to win but a melody to sing.”

“Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.”

“Sibyl, what do you want?I want to live, the Sibyl said, and her voice rang rich and full. I want to keep on living forever and watching heroes and fools and knights go up and down, into the world a...”

“When God is driven to the periphery of the public square, the human spiritual capacity longs for exercise, and it often finds it in the suspension of disbelief and activity of the imagination that ...”

“When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it.”

“All is artifice in my world, Constantine. Even me. Especially me. He taught me to be a duchess, to be an impregnable fortress, to be the guardian of my own heart, But he admitted that he could not ...”

“God is my fortress.”