Cam: She is so lovely when she sleeps. Daniel: Is that why you wanted her to sleep for all eternity?

Well, Luce, my dear, you may have gone to boarding school parties, but you've never seen a throw-down like reform school kids do it.

this lifeless paper, cruel imposter, was the only to take her with him

The last thing we expect others to do, its the last thing they do before we learn we cannot trust them.

Last night we told you that none of the angels remember where we landed when we fell," Daniel said. "Yeah, about that... How's it possible?" Shelby said. "You'd think that kind of thing would leave an impression on the old memorizer." Cam's face reddened. "You try falling for nine days through multiple dimensions and trillions of miles, landing on your face, breaking your wings, rolling around concussed for who knows how long, wandering the desert for decades looking for any clue as to who or what or where you are - then talk to me about the old memorizer.

how hard you worked for what you wanted. how cruelly fate betrayed you in the end.

You said a curse is only a curse if I allowed myself to me cursed by it. You said... I had it in my power to free myself of any curse - that curses were preludes to blessings.