And she knew without opening her eyes that it was Daniel. No other body in the universe fit hers so well.

Trust is a good way to get oneself killed

Luce: You could have kept your promises. Daniel: I promised I'd stay.

I can resist you or flee from you or try my hardest not to respond to you, but it makes no difference. You fall in love with me, and I with you". Daniel to Luce Page 352

People who are chronically tardy never understand the many ways in which they screw up the schedules of people who are punctual and 'normal'.

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.

Callie always said Luce was incapable of brutal honesty and that was why she got herself stuck in so many crappy situations with guys whom she should have just told no.