“You worry about hurting me, but you never seem to worry about me hurting you. And Im the one with the killer touch.”

“Listen to me, Ember. I couldnt hurt you. I cant. Hayden settled his eyes on me. They were softer than Id ever seen. I love you Ive loved you since the first time I saw you.”

“Dont ever touch her again, Hayden growled.Kurt looked up, eyes wide. Are you threatening me over her? Im like your brother, Hayden! Not anymore.”

“Em, you have a soul.How can you be so sure of that, Hayden? How many people die and come back?No one dies and comes back. You did because of your sister, and you have a gift. Maybe that played a ro...”

“Ember, hes not going to I pushed off the car. Please. Hayden, please dont tell him. Im all Olivia really has. Please. My voice cracked, and I looked away, embarrassed. Shes all I have. Hayden made ...”

“I like your hair down." He twisted his fingers through the curls.My eyes drifted shut as I relaxed next to him. "It's a mess. I need to get a haircut."Hayden's fingers stilled. "No. You shouldn't c...”

“Sibyl, what do you want?I want to live, the Sibyl said, and her voice rang rich and full. I want to keep on living forever and watching heroes and fools and knights go up and down, into the world a...”

“When God is driven to the periphery of the public square, the human spiritual capacity longs for exercise, and it often finds it in the suspension of disbelief and activity of the imagination that ...”

“When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it.”

“Towns can be cruel and vicious -- and sorry. In the wood, in the clearing, in the sun, we will one day find and crown her and keep her: our own witch, the witch of Wiscasset, the Blueberry Queen of...”

“Love means not ever having to say you're sorry.”

“If someone comes to you with, 'It's my kid's graduation,' you don't tell them, 'Sorry, you can't go to that.' You just don't do that. You figure out some other way.”