He wanted pain, I saw that in him, and what a man wants he will often manage to find.

It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.

Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.

He stepped off the pavement like a man jumping off a bridge, as calm as a swimmer with an ocean out below. Lucy had known what he was going to do the instant their eyes met. She'd know what he intended because she would have done the very same thing if she'd had his courage. Nothing was going to break his fall.

I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment. Now I knew how I would feel if I ever lost him. That was how you knew love. My mother had told me that. All you had to do was imagine your life without the other person, and if the thought alone made you shiver, then you knew.

Hearts were made for being broken. There's really no way around it if you want to be a human being.

I love science fiction but especially his because it's so humane.