I feel a sense of responsibility," said Jordan. "And where is this feeling located? In your pants, perhaps?

You might want to lie down," Magnus advised. "I find that it helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in.

He bent to put his cheek against hers. His breath against her ear made her shudder with each deliberately spoken word. "I have wanted to do this," he said, "every moment of every hour of every day that I have been with you since the day I met you.

Will tossed his apple core into the air, at the same time drawing a knife from his belt and throwing it. The knife and the apple scaled across the room together, somehow managing to stick into the wall just beside Gabriel's head, the knife driven cleanly through the core and into the wood. "Say that again," said Will. "And i'll darken your daylights for you.

Magnus had been alive hundreds of years himself, and yet the simplest things could turn a day into a jewel, and a succession of days into a glittering chain that went on and on. Here was the simplest thing: a pretty girl liked him, and the day shone.

The more you try to crush your true nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.

Who said we were owed happiness?