“Joels face swam across my vision and I blinked, goose bumps running up my arms. I shook his memory away, determined to stay focused, although my heart caved at the thought of his last words to us, ...”

“Samiras guards are coming for you. Youre being summoned. Didnt you hear the horn? Come on, theyll be here any second looking for you. I bit my lip to hold back a smile of my own at why we hadnt hea...”

“Gavin, I never thought youd be the irrational one in this relationship, but Im happy to report that youve just thoroughly shocked me. He rolled to his side to lean on his arm, keeping my hand resti...”

“Please, let me take you home. Youre drunk.I am not. I shoved him, spilling some kind of delicious poison on him. Go home and have a wild time with Ms. Scarlet. In the bedroom. With theOkay, youre s...”

“I saw it in his eyes, firstthe beginning of the end, the beginning of things to come. The blackest night, they cut into me, paralyzing my trembling body. Not even the gods could sense my fear now, ...”

“Gavin turned us to face Josh, a satisfied grin springing up when he noticed the condition of Joshs clothes. Thanks for the last-minute invitation, man. Josh chuckled, patting Gavin on the shoulder...”

“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.”

“History has been written, but it has not always been right or complete.”

“I want to kiss you again, Tess.Why?He chuckled, low under his breath. Why? Because youre beautiful, and because I want you. And I think you want me too.”

“With every breath I take, I will always love you.”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”