Even as a small child, I understood that woman had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this way we were bound together for eternity.

The sisters were glad to be together. They had the easy sort of relationship where they didn't have to speak to be understood.

He believed in dreams, in endings that people told you could never happen, in disappointments reversed and luck that lasted.

The voice that arises out of the silence is something no one can imagine until it is heard. It roars when it speaks, it lies to you and convinces you, it steals from you and leaves you without a single word of comfort.

Being human means losing everything we love best in the world," she murmured as she released me. "But would you ask to be anything else?

Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.

She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless.