“I’m always thinking about what I’m missing. Even when I’m happy with what I have.”

“What we think about, what we concentrate on, will always, always, be reflected on the outside.”

“For the moment, I’m just Daire—a girl straddling two bloodlines. One I was given—one I must earn.”

“You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness.”

“And while I'm sure you feel that your particular mistake is extraordinarily big, insurmountable even, contrary to what you might think, these types of things can always be undone, and oftentimes aren't nearily as lethal as we think—or, should I say, as we allow them to be.”

“No matter what happens, we'll always be together, always find a way to locate each other. No matter which guise my soul decides to wear, I will always return to you. Just like I always have returned to you.”

“I have no idea what Paloma looks like-what she'll be like.I have no idea what to expect.I should've asked more questions.I should've used the last ten hours to grill Chay until he broke-until he confided every dark and dirty secret Paloma is hiding.Instead,I chose to eat.And read.And dream about some phantom boy with smooth brown skin,icy-blue eyes, and long glossy black hair-a boy I've never even met in real life.Lot of good it did me.”