“Heritage does not equal destiny.”

“Don't be ridiculous. Heritage does not equal destiny.”

“No matter how dark you are, no matter what you think your heritage is or how inevitable your fall is, you can always make a choice in the next second to be different..”

“Then what's the point of trying if you can't even win?""You win in lots of different ways," Asher said. "Lots of little wins. The point of this life is not to be good all the time. It's to be as good as you can. No one is perfect. No one does it right all the time. That's not what life is.”

“There's beauty and darkness in everything: Sorrow in joy, life in death, throns on the roses. You can't escape pain and torment anymore then you can give up joy and beauty...”

“Please, please be some sex-starved nutcase who wants to kidnap me and make me your love slave, I begged silently.”

“I held a nail in place and slammed it with the hammer. Best. Chore. Ever.”