“You wanted to live," he says."You say that like it's a good thing. A virtue.""What is it really?"I think about this. "Selfish.""Wanting to live is selfish?""Yes.”

“You have a history of starving yourself," he says gently.I lift my head. I meet his gaze. "I have a history that I don't like to talk about.”

“Because blood is blood, and every family has its own force.Its own flavor.Its own charm and strange.”

“He put his hand on my waist, and my heart began to pound, a rougher rhythm than the music. I held my skirt. Our free hands met. His felt warm and comforting and unsettling and bewildering--all at o...”

“Would you favor me with a dance?" Over all the others I was his choice! I curtsied, and he took my hand. Our hands knew each other. Char looked at me, startled. "Have we met before, Lady?”

“She has a charm that is incomparable. She has a beautiful heart that flows with love. And she has a sensitive soul that enthralls with magic. She was the spark I had been waiting for all my life.”

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”

“It's amazing how easy the truth is to accept...No matter how strange.”

“Strange world isn't it?”

“It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years.”