“She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.”

“Are you going to shoot me?' Vengeous sneered. 'I wouldn't be surprised. What would a thing like you know about honor? Only a heathen would bring a gun to a sword fight.' And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.”

“Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.”

“It's so much easier to convince yourself you're madly in love with someone when you know nothing about him.”

“I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget.”

“Minho looked at Thomas, a serious expression on his face. "If I don't see you on the other side," he said in a sappy voice, "remember that I love you.”

“The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart.”

“I don't suppose you have many friends. Neither do I. I don't trust people who say they have a lot of friends. It's a sure sign that they don't really know anyone.”