“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”

“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.”

“What are you doing to me, you plague of a girl?” he whispered. “If I’m a plague, then you should keep your distance, unless you plan on being destroyed.” The weapons still in her grasp, she shoved against his chest. “No.” His hands dropped to her waist. “Destroy me.”

“At the temple there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read loss, only feel it.”

“We are made of all those who have built and broken us.”

“She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.”

“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”