I had the heart of the relationship, and no body to grow it in... It broke.

And if your parents have you for a reason, then that reason better exist. Because once it's gone, so are you.

Bleeding heart, he’d called her. Well. He should know. He’d been the first to rip it to pieces.

I wondered about the explorers who'd sailed their ships to the end of the world. How terrified they must have been when they risked falling over the edge; how amazed to discover, instead, places they had seen only in their dreams.

Prayer is like water - something you can't imagine has the strength or power to do any good, and yet give it time and it can change the lay of the land.

There's no way to explain to a child that the line between good and evil isn't nearly as black and white as a fairy tale would lead you to believe. That an ordinary person can turn into a villain, under the right circumstances. That sometimes we dragon slayers do things we aren't proud of.

You build a wall to keep something unwanted out … or to hold something precious in.