“Alanna Carrington, head witch of the Philadelphia Coven, hurtled his way, and with her, trouble was a guarantee.”

“Hed fallen in the trap before of believing she had the cold soul of an ice queen, but moments like these, it seemed more like shed been encased a long time ago and couldnt break free.”

“A thousand words blossomed to her lips and died there, because no amount of speaking could communicate the depths of how hed affected her. Of how hed changed her.”

“He stroked her back and kept a fierce grip on her like shed fade away into one of the thousands of ghosts in this cemetery.”

“Shed sworn she wouldnt end up like her little brother, but loneliness didnt arrive with flashing bulbs and a warning label. The descent was as simple and complex as a faked smile, white lies about ...”

“A chill swept through the air, the sort of graveyard kiss promising bad news to follow.”

“All the most powerful emotions come from chaos -fear,anger,love- especially love. Love is chaos itself. Think about it! Love makes no sense. It shakes you up and spins you around. And then, eventua...”

“If for a moment you are inclined to regard these taluses as mere draggled, chaotic dumps, climb to the top of one of them, and run down without any haggling, puttering hesitation, boldly jumping fr...”

“She imagines him imagining her. This is her salvation.In spirit she walks the city, traces its labyrinths, its dingy mazes: each assignation, each rendezvous, each door and stair and bed. What he s...”

“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.”

“I do not love men: I love what devours them.”

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”

“Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore.”