What do you want from me?" he asks. What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him. More.

There's not much you need to know about the world. Except how to use a sword and trust very few.

One of Sir Topher's rules was to never indulge in sentimentality, never return for what was left behind.

Because being so dependent on people scares me.

then she was laughing. They both were, and the savage teeth were the most joyous sight Phaedra had seen for a long time. It was as if they were dancing. There it was. Suddenly the strangeness of Quintana of Charyn's face made sense. Because it was a face meant for laughing, but it had never been given a chance.

Imagine who she would be if we unleashed her onto the world. I think she would rip the breath from all of us.

And then their voices stopped and their souls stood still and they ceased being who they had been. Because who they were had always been determined by him.