“Mina, trust me, it's better if we don't discuss this anymore. Words have power and it makes it that much easier for the Story to find you.”

“We have amazing sex, but I think it's more than the air of mystery that makes it so incredible. If we dated, that would be gone and when we broke up, I wouldn't have that option anymore. I don't want to lose it, it's important. It makes me feel powerful.”

“The problem is that if we trust in man we are always let down. No, we shouldn't trust in man-- not ultimately. If we don't trust in man or God, we are in an awful lonely mess, too. You see, if we don't trust anyone, we live in fear, but if we trust in God, then we don't have to fear man anymore.”

“It's a lot easier to like people when they can't make life miserable for you anymore.”

“Don't trust children with edge tools. Don't trust man, great God, with more power than he has until he has learned to use that little better. What a hell we should make of the world if we could do what we would!”

“That's better." He looks at me and smiles. "It's easier to handle if you're not pussy footing around on the power.”