Those who were so long imprisoned in ice and darkness seem to find the sunlight jarring, painful. The longer I walk around with this grief inside me, the more I understand that. It’s as if sunshine is a slap in the face that says, Look, the world’s all bright and shiny! Too bad you’re not.

The battle had been invisible to the naked eye, but the hardest ones are.

Kid, you might just annoy me into killing you.

Some things are sacred. Until you act like they're not. Then you lose them

The kind of person that thanks another person never survives. Have you learned nothing?

You can’t look at someone with your eyes and take their measure. You have to look with the heart.

I can see you are a fine lady, but this boy is randy as a goat around you and it's plain to see. If he seeks the joys of wedded bliss, he can wed you. Without a weddin' he'll be havin' no bliss.