“We are alike, Joscelin and I, in that what we do, we do very well.”

“We pay for sins we do not remember, and seek to do a will we can scarce fathom. That is what it is, to be a god's chosen. ”

“This is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike.”

“How do you want to die, Admiral? We are D'Angeline. At the hand of numbers, or dreams?”

“By morning, Joscelin was resigned. "You know, betimes I think you are a little mad, Imriel no Montreve," he said to me in the courtyard outside the stable, holding the Bastard's reins."You never said that to Phedre," I reminded him."Ah, well." He grinned despite himself. "In her case, there is no question.”

“Avevo Joscelin, il mio Compagno Perfetto, la bussola su cui era fisso il mio cuore.”

“Whip us 'till we're on the floor, we'll turn around and ask for more, we're Phèdre's Boys!We like to hurt, we like to bleed, daily floggings do we need, we're Phèdre's Boys!Man or woman, we don't care, give us twins we'll take the pair! We're Phèdre's Boys!...But just because we let you beat us, doesn't mean you can defeat us, we're Phèdre's Boys!”