“What would I do with billions? I don't need it. Would it make me a better artist?”

“loneliness.By all the saints, he was mad. He should be filled with hatred and thoughts of revenge. Vaden was his enemy and that time of friendship has gone. When would he learn to give up those memories and realize Vaden meant what he said?Tonight. From no on he would regard Vaden as any other enemy. To do anything else would endanger Dundragon and Thea. He must close away this sense of loss and behave with sanity.The entire world was a barren place. To accept that Vaden was his enemy did not make the loneliness more desolate.It only seemed to make it weigh heavier, much heavier,”

“In the end, we all have to decide what we're willing to give up for payback. We all have parents or grandparents or children who will need us. Agonizing decisions sometimes. You have to weigh the memories and debt against what's being taken from you.”

“He had never dreamed anyone would ever care enough to venture into the darkness to pull him into the light. He felt bewildered and awkward and filled with a strange sense of wonder. And a stranger sense of grace.”

“They say anticipation makes pleasure more intense.”

“We all die. I can't promise to live forever." His armstightened around her. "But I can promise to love you as long as Ilive.”

“I can't be easy. It's not my nature. But it's my nature to love you.”