Life is too hard, too much to handle. Nobody told me there’d be days like these. How could nobody tell me there’d be days like these? How could they let me grow up like that—happy and pink and stupid?

You're grumpy and broody and secretive all the time. You're no joy to live with, I can tell you that!""I smile sometimes. I even laughed about your . . . hat.""MacHalo," I corrected tightly. "It's a brilliant invention, and it means I don't need you or V'lane to keep my safe from Shades, and that, Jericho Barrons, is worth its weight in gold: not needing either of you for something!

Fire isn’t good or bad. It just burns.

Beautiful women rarely possess sufficient depth of character to survive without their pretty feathers.

Lust is a thing of the blood. Doesn't need head or heart.

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

Jericho Barrons just told me he loves me.