“He was ready to embrace a radiant new world. She was ready to snap his head off.”

“But why is the Church so ready to embrace the culture of the unbelieving world?”

“A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ready to toil and die for his convictions if he is not even ready to wear a wreathe around his head for them.”

“Tuon's eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw.Then she looked over her shoulder.”

“The years after graduation hardened me into someone quite different from the strutting graduate who left campus that day headed for New York city, ready to offer the world his talent. The world, I discovered. was not all that interested.”

“Beneath it his skin was milky white, serene and unlined, ready to begin anew, ready for the world to write upon it.”