Did the destruction of one dream leave a vacuum that required filling with another? Is a broken heart more vulnerable?

It was one of the warm nights at the end of summer that makes promises that won't be kept.

You touch me again, you arrogant Ardenine swine, and I swear on the blood of Hanalea the warrior, I will geld you. Do you understand?

Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded.

Outside the Weirwall, Jack could hear the thud of bodies colliding and the cries of the wounded. It seemed like a lot of noise. Even given the fact that Ellen was involved. "Why'd she go out there?" Jack demanded. "Why didn't you stop her?" Brooks spat on the ground. "Have you ever tried to stop Captain Stephenson from anythin'?

Which is a sad thing when you're only seventeen.

They were like two pieces of a failed star, drawn together by a shared history and a memory of illicit kisses.