The Brother's hood fell back, and his silvery hair shone out in the dim chamber like starlight. All the air rushed out of Tessa's lungs in a single instant. The Silent Brother was Jem.

Every life is finite, Will.

Will had laid down his heart for her and Jem to walk upon because he loved them more than he loved himself

I love you, Tessa, and I have loved you, almost since the moment I met you.

what did wards matter when you could create your own reality just by drawing it?

Somebody's girlfriend," she said. "Somebody's sister, somebody's daughter. All these things I never knew I was before, and I still don't really know what I am.

What is one person's pleasure is another's poison.