“She is fine. She hates us both but it really didn't sound like anything else was wrong”

“Why do they hate us?" He paused. "We didn't do anything wrong.”

“she was so much a personality and so little anything else that even staring straight at her he had no idea what she really looked like.”

“His face had gone still and for a moment her heart sank and she had to fortify herself for a battle. But then his mouth quirked like that (...) and she knew even before he said anything else that it was all going to be fine--more than fine. It was going to be wonderful.”

“That was the point where she was supposed to sound tough, like she was someone to be reckoned with, like she was the sort of person witches should listen to. Was this really her plan? She sounded like a child.”

“Pick something else".For an instant's flash Kylis remembered being taunted like this before, when she was very small. Anything but that. Anything but what you really want.”