And the moment you care that much, a man has you. He owns a little piece of your soul, and he can beat you to death with it.

It feels like we're in a Harry Potter book talking about He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

Self-doubt is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Without hope, love dies and parts of you wither.

I could have just said I'm good at my job, but I didn't. Didn't want the police thinking I was holding out information when I wasn't. "I've got one advantage over a normal homicide detective, I expect it to be a monster. No one ever calls me in if it's just a stabbing, or a hit-and-run. I don't spend a lot of time trying to come up with nice, normal explanations. It means I get to ignore a lot of theories.

There are a thousand ways to hurt someone you love that have nothing to do with physical violence.

One of the many reasons that Padma will always be a secondary power on the Council is his belief that all power must be taken, that all power must come through fear. True power comes when others offer it to you and you merely accept it as a gift, not as the spoils of some personal war.