Maybe girls need an island to find themselves. Maybe they need a place where no one's is watching them so they can be who they really are

Why does anyone do anything? Belief. A belief that they are right and just in their actions. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son, Isaac, because he believed that God had commanded it. To kill your son is unthinkable. A crime. But if you are acting in the belief that your God, your supreme deity whom you must obey, has demanded it of you, is it still a crime?

I think about dying every day, because I can't stop thinking about living.

But sons are a different matter to a man. More a duty than an indulgence.

...because really, sometimes the irony gods just get drunk.

To live is to love, to love is to live.

Oh, I didn't think it wise to hide it. Might not be able to find it again," I say, cheerily. "It's sitting in plain view on your chair in the great hall. I do hope that was the best place for it.