There's truth even in tainted knowledge, if one reads carefully.

The priest's lesson: beware the Nightlord, for his pleasure is a mortal's doom. My grandmother's lesson: beware love, especially with the wrong man.

...and when I lift my head to scream out my fury, a million stars turn black and die. No one can see them, but they are my tears.

There's truth even in tainted knowledge, if one reads carefully.

I am not as I once was. They have done this to me, broken me open and torn out my heart. I do not know who I am anymore. I must try to remember.

There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.

If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.