“If anything attacked us, we could just panic at it until it went away.”

“I didn't even feel my face hitting the pond. Everything was darkness, glorious darkness and the final, perfect absence of pain. It was done, all of it, the running and the fighting, and the pain. A...”

“We hated each other so well and loved each other so badly...”

“But sometimes the pieces fall together the way they want to, and you can't change the story; all you can do is try to ride it out.”

“Hello? I peered into the shadows.Two green circles flashed in the dark. I yelped, jumping backward and pressing myself against the wall.And may I wish a very good morning to you, too, October. The ...”

“Only an idiot would trust a Kelpie this close to the water. Getting on its back with the scent of the sea in the air would be a fast, painful means of suicide, and I'm not a fan of pain.”

“I built an idea in my head of the hero I wanted to be, a grab bag of traits from heroes, villains, and side characters. I did not have book role models, I had book blueprints.But there remained a h...”

“I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.”

“Ethan: "You think I'm a hero?"Beth: "Yes."Ethan: "But lousy husband material?" Like that really mattered to him.Beth: "Don't sweat it. So was Superman.”

“It has been said that Shakespeare, the great delineator of human character, has failed in distinguishing his principal womenand that such as he meant to be amiable are all equally gentle and good. ...”

“People who love do the impossible all the time.”

“Protector and destroyer were two sides of the same coin. Who knew which one would come out in a toss-up?”