“Chris is a little ashamed of having once fallen for him: it makes him sad how everything changes, how ruthless the heart can be.”

“Theres always people looking the other way when the miracles take place, people who want only a good nights sleep when the stars are dancing, comets falling, the angels leaning low out of midnight ...”

“It is Halloween, he explains coyly. I wanted to come out as something beautiful. None of this witch stuff for me. My God, dont we spend our whole life as witches?”

“You get exactly what you want, Anatoles always suspected, only when you get it its no longer what you want, you need something else.”

“Thats the way Chris lives, warning everyone who gets close of the lightning that may strike. Never touch anything, never make a mark. But Anatole cant live that way. The worlds too lonely a place: ...”

“There’s always people looking the other way when the miracles take place, people who want only a good night’s sleep when the stars are dancing, comets falling, the angels leaning low out of midnigh...”

“A need for revenge can burn long and hot. Especially if every glance in a mirror reinforces it.”

“I dont need words, I just need you to come back. - Taryn”

“To achieve peace,we needed to have a war to start with.”

“That's how it is with want. As long as you lack something you yearn for it without cease. if only I could have that one thing, you tell yourself, all my problems would be solved. But once you get i...”

“Alice suspected Paul couldnt really picture his father, just like she couldnt picture Paul when he was away. Maybe that was the case with people you wanted more than was good for you.”

“I want, I dont want.How can one live with such a heart?”