“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.”

“Because, visible through the slashed covers, the bone-deep wounds that crisscross the couples bodies pump blood. Some of the flaps of skin resulting from glancing blows are like gills, breathing. Y...”

“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 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.”

“Listen closely. Even the trees exhale sweet love songs that roll off their boughs and echo out to all of creation. Love is always in the air.”

“Not everyone stays forever. You have to learn to let go.”

“My heart made it's choice, and it chose you.”