Sophie has a gift," she said. "She has the Sight. She can see what others do not. In her old life she often wondered if she was mad. Now she knows that she is not mad but special. There, she was only a parlor maid, who would likely have lost her position once her looks had faded. Now she is a valued member of our household, a gifted girl with much to contribute.

nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

I always need your strength,Alec

I am nothing if not gracious," Will said. His eyes searched Jem's face, that face as familiar to him as his own. "And determined. You will not leave me. Not while I live.

The world is a wheel. When we rise or fall, we do it together.

Clarissa," he said, "here with the vampire, I see. When things have settled a bit, we really must discuss you choice in pets.