A brain with no heart and no reasoning ... well, nothing is more meaningless.

Instead of fearing the future, I should live and enjoy the present, she told herself.

I lived for those moments when we were together, those few times in my life that I actually felt alive.

Thank you for loving me enough to let me go.

It is good to be busy. Being busy takes our mind off being in love at the wrong time, in the wrong place and with the wrong guy.

Schuyler put a gentle hand on Abbadon's feathered extensions, feeling the majestic power underneath their silky weight. She had been frightened once, to see him in this light, but now that she saw his terrifying face, she found it beautiful.

Maybe she'd been drinking too much of the super-sweet Mexican Coca-Cola they had down here. Or maybe she was just tired, alone, and far from home. Because somewhere in the brittle, concrete center of Azrael's dark heart, something was melting.