Hope is such a tenuous quality. To feel it and then to be denied what one most longs for ... Better, surely, not to hope at all, than to open the heart to a hope that is impossible.

As for religious faith, a lack of it shouldn't stop us from doing good deeds for their own sake.

The world is simple, I think, in its essence. Life, death, love, hate. Desire, fulfillment. Magic.

I should have realized, when Cathal kissed me in the hallway, that my response was the first raindrop heralding a storm.

You are... you're like a beating heart. A glowing lamp. I've never met anyone like you before.

I know it's hard for you to trust me. If I ever find the man who did this to you, who made you so frightened, I'll kill him with my bare hands. But you can trust me.

Third person allows a deeper exploration of the relationships between characters. We can see their misunderstandings and hear what they think about each other. We can create a more complex structure with various story threads running parallel.