“The trees seemed to have eyes that were watching us and reaching out for me. They began to take on the shape of the dead.”

“Two souls, one body. Zwei Seelen, ein Körper.”

“It was a privileged existence, but also a cage, beautifully decorated, but locked tight always.”

“When the moon was high over the moors, Rhineholt became a dark place with long, lonely corridors whose shadows gave breath to many secrets.”

“Break my heart or break my fall.”

“If you are committed, you can select your thoughts and thereby shape your life here on earth into something spectacular. The alternative is to give up this freedom and live a life of mediocrity dominated by uncertainty and suspense.”

“Her fingers were gnarled and crooked like the roots of the oldest swamp trees. Not prissy roots of trees that grew in manicured parks and didn't understand the mess of life. These were roots forced to grow around, and down, and through, to survive.”