“We used numbers and rigid systems to fit time into containers we could understand.But like Nexa said, it was immeasurable. A fluid river no logical structure could hold.A moment could have the power of years. And years could pass in a moment.The only thing that forever remained true about time was it never stopped moving forward.”

“Finding what's true means letting go of the lies that control.”

“The choice is not in what you do. The choice is in the why.”

“...all she wanted was a button she could push to pause her age, just for a little while, a few years, while she got used to the idea.”

“Could I make you believe something that wasn't true?' He studied her through his eyelashes. 'You could make me believe anything at all.”

“You could be together forever, but one of you is going to have to go first. I want it to last. I love him and I want it to stay.”

“And as the years flowed by, some villagers told travelers of a beast and a beauty who lived in the castle and could be seen walking on the battlements, and others told of two beauties, and others, of two beasts.”