A wet boy has a deader, an assassin has a target, because assassins sometimes miss.

What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book.

Words were another sword for the man who wielded them well.

Sometimes to love is easy, but to accept love is hard.

You’ll come with us,” she said. “Sure,” Gavin said. “It wasn’t a request.” “Yes it was,” Gavin said. “When you don’t have power to compel obedience, by definition you’re making a request.

A wolf can be a wolfhound, son, but it can never be a lapdog.

Love is not a whim. Love is not a flower that fades with a few fleeting years. Love is a choice wedded to action, my husband, and I choose you, and I will choose you every day for the rest of my life.