“I’ve never met another woman since you that I could trust with my life and yet never for a goddamn minute would I trust any word she says.”

“When everything around me is crumbling to pieces, all I have to do is look at you and I can keep going, keep living. You’re warm, Quinn. The warmest person I’ve ever known. I never realized just how devoid of warmth my life was until you came into it.”

“She was the only solace he could find in the storm raging around him, like a lighthouse shining through the darkness of a violent hurricane.”

“How could he possibly understand just how much she had to give and how desperately she wanted to give it to him, and him alone? He, who had the weight of the world on his shoulders, but bore it with this capable strength. He, who stood alone at the top, silent and courageous in his dedication to the legacy he had inherited. And lastly, he, who so clearly needed someone, anyone, to understand him.”

“When empires fall, what becomes of the Queen? Everything will burn, and so will she.”

“In the end, family is all we have, my dear. You’ll do well to remember that.”

“You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen. I never could have imagined this.”