Belief is a powerful thing. If you believe you can.

I don't know why certain people shine for others. I don know why you and not someone else

I was very afraid to write a novel - it was a dream for a very long time, and it was one of the few things that I was afraid to try.

Rejoice as summer should...chase away sorrows by living.

In the end mortals always expired before faeries. They were such finite creatures. Their first heartbeat and breath were but a blink from death. To add the weight of nourishing his insatiable court in a time of peace was to hasten that unconscionably.

It was the only way he knew to protect the court, the faery, and the only mortal who'd ever mattered to him.

If you were my queen, truly my queen, our court would be stronger still. If you were mine , without mortal distractions, we'd be safer. We'd be stronger if we were truly together. Summer is a time to rejoice in pleasures and heat. When I'm around you, I want to forget everything else. I love Donia. I always will, but when I'm near you--" He stopped himself.