“It seems love is the most important thing. Someone who doesn't love us and uses us to hurt others was never worth our devotion.”

“Simple things are often the most challenging.”

“maybe not insane, just stupid. "Eighteen. She moved us when I was still and infant. I thought everyone knew all about the nosoul."He winced. "You shouldn't call yourself a nosoul. New doesn't mean you don't have a soul. The Soul Teller would have know the day you were born.”

“It was our relationship, so what other people thought shouldn't matter.”

“Sam hauled open the library door."There you are!" Whit pushed up from the desk he'd been hunched over. "We thought you two had given up on us.""Unlike some people I know," I said, removing my mittens and scarf, "we don't live here.""She says that now." Sam followed me toward Whit's and Orrin's desks, where they worked over flat electronic screens. "But the first thing she said when I showed her the library was that we should move in."Orrin lifted an eyebrow, oddly delicate for someone so large. "The acoustics would be terrible.”

“I'm not going to waste time being angry about things I can't control. If I only have one life, I should make the most of it.”

“What a powerful feeling, love, able to withstand time and distance and disagreements. No wonder I wanted it so badly.”