There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It's not just outside, it's inside us, too. Everyone has some darkness inside. It's like a hungry creature. It wants and wants and wants with a terrible power. And the more you give it, the bigger and hungrier it gets.

Now Doon seemed to care for his new friends more than he did for her. Every time she thought about him she felt a thud of pain, like a bruised place inside her.

It would be something that another person had written down without understanding its significance; just a sentence or two that would be like a flash of light.

A person who thought he knew everything simply didn’t understand how much there was to know.

Maybe there was no happily ever after [...] but there was happiness sometimes and she had it now, doing what she knew she was born for.

What you need to learn, children, is the difference between right and wrong in every area of life. And once you learn the difference, you must always choose the right.

What could be more interesting than thinking of mysterious happenings, finding the answers to intriguing questions, and making up new worlds?