“Until now, you have always lived your life alone. Every decision youve made has been for you and you alone. Now, and for the rest of your days, your life will be tied to anothers. Every decision yo...”

“I knew I sounded hysterical, and Adrians calmness only drove that home. I think I have an idea, he said. An idea thatll get us some hardcore protection but I dont know how youll feel about it.Im o...”

“Are you in a suit?' I managed at last, my voice choking up. 'You didnt have to dress up for me.''Quiet, Sage,' he said. 'Ill make the hilarious one-liners during this daring rescue.”

“We fell into silence, both of us keeping our own secrets of what we'd suffered in the other's absence. I wondered if we were trying to protect each other or simply didn't want to admit to our own f...”

“What in the world is this abomination?Lissa, only slightly more tactful, asked, Adrian, is this some kind of joke?”

“I'd never felt so helpless - so hopeless - in my life as I did there. To be completely under someone's power, with no one to turn to for help, to make someone feel like they're at fault for you hur...”

“William: My brother has an appreciation of art, so I imagine the woman he chooses must be beautiful beyond the pale. Once he outgrows his current predilection with painting and accepts his family r...”

“But the people who mattered were the people you chose instead of the people who were yours by an accident of birth. Real family was heart as much as, if not more than, blood.”

“Look what we've done so far. We're pretty good at the impossible.”

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”

“Fear is all in the mind”

“We kill all the caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies.”

“Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.”

“You can be used by someone for their aims when you are not aware of your true being”