“And I wondered if love was too weak a word for what he felt, what hed done for me. For what I felt for him.”

“I love you, he whispered, and kissed my brow. Thorns and all.”

“I threw myself into that fire, threw myself into it, into him, and let myself burn.”

“The Court of Dreams.The people who knew that there was a price, and one worth paying, for that dream. The bastard- born warriors, the Illyrian half breed, the monster trapped in a beautiful body, t...”

“I love you," I said, and stabbed him.”

“So Im your huntress and thief? His hands slid down to cup the backs of my knees as he said with a roguish grin, You are my salvation, Feyre.”

“Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtues are not real to him. His sins, if there are such ...”

“Dorian used to watch you like a starving man who wants meat. Now he looks at you like he wants seconds.”

“For crissakes, you're the frickin' poster boy for DarkRiver with your 'Gee, shucks, I'm harmless' act."Dorian was used to being ribbed about his looks. With his blond hair and blue eyes, he looked ...”

“The fear of loss . . . it can destroy you as much as the loss itself.”

“Even when this world is a forgotten whisper of dust between the stars, I will love you.”

“They had slept in the shelter of the ruins, though neither of them really got true rest.”

“Is there shame in living off your fellow man or being unable to take care ofyourself? You bet. But a person whos willing to work and pay their own waycan at least take pride in that even if they ca...”

“A true encounter with the living God will break the spirit of religiosity, empty man of his pride and conform even the most vile and wicked into a living vessel for His glory.”

“He has come to the most dreadful conclusion a literary man can come to, the conclusion that the ordinary view is the right one. It is only the last and wildest kind of courage that can stand on a t...”