“Only later during her prayers had it come to her how cunning Satan could be. Her love for Marcus could become a tool against her, for when her heart and mind were on Marcus, Julia lay forgotten.Nothing must distract her from her mission here. And no one.”
“It was just her and Midas in here, tucked away from the world. Here she could turn quietly into glass, with only love to distract her.”
“Nicola had to move closer to Marcus, had to take his hands in hers and hold them over her heart as though she could give hers up for his if it meant she could take away all of the pain he'd had to deal with at such a terribly young age.”
“Julia played for them: for her husband and her beloved son. And tried to believe somewhere in her heart that, wherever they were, they could hear her.”
“Only reading, she knew, could distract her from her obsessive thoughts and restore her sense of peace.”
“All during Lena's life, Ella had worried about how the world could harm her. But the world could love her as well.”