It is a good thing I no longer have a heart, because if I did, it would surely break.

However, there are those who deserve to die but who have not yet encountered the means to do so—we help them on their way.

When one consorts with assassins, one must expect to dance along the edge of a knife once or twice.

Tis Vanth's cage. You can just move it out of the way." "I already have," he grumbles. "With my shin.

For all that I have kissed before, I have never felt anything like this. It is as if I have swallowed a tiny piece of the sun, its warmth and light reaching into every corner of my soul and chasing away the shadows. I surrender to that kiss - surrender to the strength and the courage and the sheer goodness of the man.

You would throw away all that we have given you for a man’s love?” “Not a man’s love,” I say softly. “But Duval’s. And I would find a way to serve both my god and my heart. Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.

People hear and see what they expect to hear and see.