“Life is pain. We are all in pain, all the time.""There are other things this universe has to offer," says the creature, "Light, live, touch, sensation. The way you are all made of the same pieces; ...”

“What does it mean? Flynn turns to gaze at me, eyes finally meeting mine.I find myself smiling because I know exactly what it means. It means the clouds are clearing on Avon.”

“His eyes move to my lips, and I know hes thinking the same thing; I can feel it in the way the air charges between us. I can almost taste him half an inch away, can feel the way the tiny hairs on m...”

“He cant take his eyes off the stars, but I cant take mine off his face.”

“My breath catches, responding to an unfamiliar pull in my chest, an ache in my soul. I shouldnt miss him, but I do; this boy who had every right to pull that trigger, and instead threw himself betw...”

“We see them as they cannot, will not, see each other--we see his heart in the way he looks at her; we see her soul calling out for his every touch. It would be so easy if they could only see inside...”

“What magic was this, brewed from equal parts of age-old memories and total oblivion. One could have believed that the last war these people had fought had left only happy memories, had carried in i...”

“It takes a whole government to really screw up a war. A dollop of American hubris goes a long way too.”

“Nothing is more beautiful than to know all.”

“Do I, then, belong to the heavens?Why, if not so, should the heavensFix me thus with their ceaseless blue stare,Luring me on, and my mind, higherEver higher, up into the sky,Drawing me ceaselessly ...”

“Some upstarts always try to get closer to the source of creation by ascending to the source's level. The story of Icarus is of course a parable about the folly of such an effort. Get too close to t...”

“don't fly too close to the sun," Tess Calls. "you'll burn the tips of your wings. Stay right with me. i'll keep you safe.”