“The story was heavy in her hands, the book spread open like legs, the letters very small i spite of describing such a big moment”

“If she could explore and heal his injuries with her fingers, it would be another type of magic, her skin making contact with his. Putting her mind to it, Love would become familiar with his body. S...”

“She watches him for hours. She wants to be the sheets that cover his toes. She wants to be the ceiling separating him from the sky: above him, the first thing he sees before and after dreams. She w...”

“He holds out a trembling hand and traces the shape of her arm, descending to her elbow. Youre like mist, he says. You really dont feel this?Love shakes her head. No.But thats not entirely true, bec...”

“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.”

“You will be the one chosen to reach out to embrace man once again as the heart. So that all will be as it should. Fatu-ma-le-ele-ele You will give your fire so that Man may live. And he will give h...”

“My Dearest Breena, They will remember us. Long after these wars have been mourned and then forgotten long after Summer and Winter fairies lay aside their rancor for one another and forget that the...”

“Her beauty was ethereal, knocking on the door of the part of his psyche that still believed in magic and miracles.”

“Can a heart explode from too much love and happiness?”

“It doesnt hurt much. I dont know how it looks he lowered his hand and turned his face to the side but it cant be that bad. What do you think? Youd date me, right?Alex pushed him away, grinning. Y...”

“No tragedies here, Roar. This world will make you a victim every chance it gets. Don't let it.”