“The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times.”

“Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart.”

“First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius."Third time's tradition," finished Erik.”

“If you did not indulge in fantasies, how else would you know if you were living an interesting life?”

“Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one.”

“All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.”

“Somethings were meant to be and somethings were just meant to be good stories”