“And I wondered if love was too weak a word for what he felt, what hed done for me. For what I felt for him.”

“I love you, he whispered, and kissed my brow. Thorns and all.”

“I threw myself into that fire, threw myself into it, into him, and let myself burn.”

“The Court of Dreams.The people who knew that there was a price, and one worth paying, for that dream. The bastard- born warriors, the Illyrian half breed, the monster trapped in a beautiful body, t...”

“I love you," I said, and stabbed him.”

“So Im your huntress and thief? His hands slid down to cup the backs of my knees as he said with a roguish grin, You are my salvation, Feyre.”

“My name is Celaena Sardothien," she whispered, "and I will not be afraid.”

“I like music," she said slowly, "because when I hear it, I . . . I lose myself within myself, if that makes any sense. I become empty and full all at once, and I can feel the whole earth roiling ar...”

“Her hand rose to her lips and she stared up at the stars, feeling her heart grow, and grow, and grow.”

“Madness is freedom and some may only perceive its Insanity.”

“Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, runningthat's the way to live. All alone and free in the soft sands of the b...”

“Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.”