“My heart swelled until I felt as if it might take over my entire being. I had landed in heaven. This was heaven.”

“I looked at Ash over the table; his silver gaze met mine, and I felt my heart swell in my chest. I was in a faery tale, wasn't I? I was playing my part in the story, the human girl who had fallen in love with a faery prince.”

“In my worst moments, all I had to do was recall the love that I felt emanating from those heavenly lights and I could press on.”

“As she stood in the darkened room and watched my sister and father, I knew one of things that heaven meant. I had a choice, and it was not to divide my family in my heart.”

“My heart shifted a little in my chest; it seemed to swell and beat against my bones until I couldn't hear.”

“I will lose the habit of stars in the heavens, as frozen water loses the habit of snowflakes. I will take my frozen body, and give it to the young goats that they might graze it.”