“It was true. She was his souls star. His heart ignited every time she came into the room, flared with every just-so gesture. Anything she touched became instantly talismanic.”

“I reinvented myself. I acquired a taste for evil. I found I have a talent for it. And I murdered the old me.”

“They say the mad live in a world of dreams, or nightmares. I just need to find the way out.”

“It was true. She was his soul’s star. His heart ignited every time she came into the room, flared with every just-so gesture. Anything she touched became instantly talismanic.”

“I do not love men: I love what devours them.”

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”

“Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore.”