The fact was, I didn't know if I was built for happy endings.

Somewhere fate laughs in her far-off country, because now I am the human and it is Grace I will lose again and again, immer wieder, always the same, every winter, losing more of her each year, unless I find a cure.

One happy day for every falling leaf you catch. Sam's voice was low.

When you traffic in monsters, that's the risk you run, that you'll find one too monstrous to stomach.

When I was a child, I was one of the kids who wore black all the time, and when the kids asked me why I wore black, I said things like, 'I'm mourning the death of modern society.' I mean, I was a riot.

I didn't think I belonged here in her world, a boy stuck between two lives, dragging the dangers of the wolves with me, but when she said my name, waiting for me to follow, I knew I'd do anything to stay with her.

My good mood felt like an endangered species.