The duke sounded like he was trying to convince himself. “Have you ever done this before?” “Set up someone by pretending to be someone else? Sure. Pretended to get killed? Not so much.

Love is a fragile, corruptible thing. And yet I have seen it evince a curious strength. It is beyond any comprehension Love is a weakness that once in a great while triumphs over strength.

If I tell you a secret can you keep it quiet? “Well, I can. I’m not so sure about Doll Girl.

Let me make this real simple. You will not break me. The hole will not break me. I will not break. I will not be broken.

...if reality is hard and flat and unjust, then it's better to adjust to what really is than to complain that it isn't what you wish. That was what made me lose faith..... But having lost it, soon I doubted my lack of faith. There were niggling hints of meaning everywhere.

Will covers a multitude of flaws, just as love covers a multitude of sins.

Her nudity is her armor. It blinded the drooling fools. They couldn't see anything else while they saw her body.