“That's the other thing I'll carry with me when I ascend, the experience of loving you with my whole being, beyond reason and measure. Beyond supernatural discipline. A once in eternity miracle... my miracle.”

“In the middle of the light is the most exquisite boy I’ve ever seen. His face is both achingly perfect and terrifyingly severe".”

“Without fear, we truly live.”

“There is no such thing as magic, supernatural, miracle; only something that's still beyond logic of the observer.”

“Sidonie, I know you don't remember it, but you once promised to trust me beyond all reason. And I swear to you that all that I am, all that I possess, including this gem-stone, is yours. I need you. I can't do this alone. Forget your memories. Look into your heart. And if you can find somewhere there, some lingering spark of trust that owes naught to reason, I beg you to speak the word written here.”

“If he give me credit for being a plodder he will describe me justly. Anything beyond that will be too much. I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.”

“I loved my mother too,' I said. 'I still do. That's the thing - it never goes away, even if the person does.”