I know I told you once that whether God exists or not, we're on our own. But when I'm with you, I'm not.

With their hands clasped like children in a fairy tale, she fell asleep beside him in the dark.

Jem drew back from her, looking dazed. "By the Angel," he said. "Perhaps we do need a chaperon.

Oh, do you have A Tale of Two Cities?" "That silly thing? Men going around getting their heads chopped off for love? Ridiculus." Will unpeeled himself from the door and made his way toward Tessa where she stood by the bookshelves. He gestured expansively at the vast number of volumes all around him. "No, here you'll find all sorts of advice about how to chop off someone else's head if you need to; much more useful.

i've never asked him but i'm sure he has a fairly stringent policy about random teenagers lurking in his strubbery

Meet me in the courtyard in half an hour, then,” said Will. “I’ll wake Cyril. And be prepared to swoon at my finery.

You have a power of incalculable value. You need ask nothing of anyone. You need depend on no one. You are free, and that freedom is a gift.