“This, the language of deception, we both understand. We were born to it, along with the curses.”

“For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.”

“Downstairs, Grandad's warning Barron about something. His voice swells, and I catch the words, "In my day we were feared. Now we're just afraid.”

“We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be. That's why habits are so hard to break. If we know ourselves to be liars, we expect not to tell the truth. If we think of ourselves as honest, we try harder.”

“Love changes us, but we change how we love too.”

“Let her alone,' said the enkanto, 'or I will curse you blind, lame, and worse.'The old man laughed. 'I'm a curse breaker, fool.'The elf grabbed one of the Jim Beam bottles from the table and slammed it down, so that he was holding a jagged glass neck. The elf smiled a very thin smile. 'Then I won't bother with magic.”

“But the Courts aren't places humans are supposed to be, especially the Unseelie Court. Most faeries won't even go there.""We have to go - we have to get Ravus's heart. He's going to die if we don't.""What are we going to do? Go down there and ask for it?""Pretty much.”