“and the thought of relieving my mourning, even slightly, for a moment filled me with a kind of fear.”

“It was shaping up to be one of a handful of days in my life that filled me with the kind of anticipation and excitement that makes your anus tingle ever so slightly.”

“A moment later, in an even fainter voice, he whispered, "Do not mourn me”

“A relieved grin filled up Thorne’s face. “We’re having another moment, aren’t we?”“If by a moment, you mean me not wanting to strangle you for the first time since we met, then I guess we are.”

“The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns.”

“I stood checked for a moment - awe, not fear, fell upon me - and whist I stood, a solemn wind began to blow, the most mournful that ever ear heard. Mournful! That is saying nothing. It was a wind that had swept the fields of mortality for a hundred centuries.”