Bewildered as he might be, sometimes a man's highest calling is simply to stand, and hug.

Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.

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

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

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.

You'd be surprised at what you'd do to stay alive.

Why do you keep saying incarnations like I’m some kind of god?” It wasn’t a great question, but the real questions were so big that Kylar didn’t even know how ask them. “You are worshipped in a few remote areas where your master wasn’t very careful about showing the full extent of his powers.” “What?!