She's beautiful and graceful, and she is very compassionate and loyal when you aren't responsible for the murder of her family.

She's been conned, ruined, left for dead, and she's not going to forgive any of it. She will soldier on, if only out of spite.

Real’ is a dirty word in this place.

I can hear my brother's voice in my head. Your problem is that you're too emotional. But how can I not be emotional, Rowan? How can I not care?

You can try to please everyone and risk accomplishing nothing, or go for your dreams and risk pissing a few people off.

It doesn't matter how much his mother loves him; love is not enough to keep any of us alive.

Ah, love. That’s what the world has lost. There’s no more love, only the illusion of it.