“A heart is made of proteins built by amino acids, animated by electrical impulses.”

“Every heart is made of stories.”

“I have done this—made the sad prince laugh. Made his grieving parents smile. None but me. Think you only kings have power? Stand on a stage and hold the hearts of men in your hands. Make them laugh with a gesture, cry with a word. Make them love you. And you will know what power is.”

“Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small.”

“The rain comes down harder, darkness falls. We don't care. Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small.”

“For the first time, I saw what was in his heart, and I wondered if he might ever want to look deep enough to see mine.”

“He pressed himself into me and kissed my neck, and it was as if everything strong and solid inside me, heart and bones and muscle and gut, softened and melted from the heat of him.”