“Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away.”

“Patch’s eyes were black orbs. Taking in everything and giving away nothing.”

“The Love of a lonely wolf,full of secrets and strange midnights-drawn out of the darknessfrom hills thick with black oaksvalleys riddled with riddles-that love is sharper than a bed of thistles;each kiss pares away flesh. The love of a wolfcan eat you up all the better.”

“You can only give your heart away once, after that, everything else will chase your first love”

“Truth has to be given in riddles. People can't take truth if it comes charging at them like a bull. The bull is always killed. You have to give people the truth in a riddle, hide it so they go looking for it and find it piece by piece; that way they learn to live with it.”

“Being smart takes patience. Being wise takes pain. Being apathetic takes practice. Being in love takes everything...away.”