Every hero is the villain of his own story.

whatever you love, that is your weakness

Boys never believe I can beat them, she told me back then. But I always win in the end.

She didn't know how much she'd been hoping that he still loved her, until she felt how much it hurt to realize he didn't.

You both ... you both saved me?" "Come on," said Luis. "You make it sound like it was hard for Val to go to the Unseelie Court, strike a deal with Roiben, challenge Mabry to a duel, win back your heart, and then get back here during rush hour.

If I'm not a murderer," asked Corny, "how come I keep killing people?

I thought of how proud he was when he took the marks- cutting the skin of his throat in a long slash and then packing it with ashes until keloid scars rose up. He called it his second smile.