“And happiness is always louder than sadness.”

“Her bark is worse than her bite.”

“there’s nothing more powerful than human fear—not magic, not vampire strength. Nothing.”

“That evening, rowing on the quiet river as sunset turned to dusk, I saw an occasional smoky smudge on the towpath, always slightly ahead of me, like a dark star guiding me home.”

“The king just sits there, moving one square at a time. The queen can move so freely. I suppose I’d rather lose the game than forfeit her freedom.”

“Ni muer ni viu ni no guaris,Ni mal no·m sent e si l’ai gran,Quar de s’amor no suy devis,Ni no sai si ja n’aurai ni quan,Qu’en lieys es tota le mercésQue·m pot sorzer o decazer.”“Not dying nor living nor healing,there is no pain in my sickness, for I am not kept from her love.I don’t know if I will ever have it,for all the mercy that makes me flourish or decay is in her power.”

“Desire urges me on as fear bridles me" Bruno.”