“Love transforms our fragile, cowardly hearts into hearts of stone, hearts of blade, hearts of hardest iron. Because love makes heroes of us all.”

“But as she continued and finished her tale, I could tell that her heart was elsewhere, and when she excused herself to go to bed, she left without saying good night. After that, the princesses in her stories were always beautiful. Always.”

“A person's soul is bigger than his body. It takes root and lives in all who love him.”

“There's no such thing as complete when it comes to stories. Stories are infinite. They are as infinite as worlds.”

“There is no hope without risk.”

“Intelligence does not mean infallibility, nor does it mean immobility. Intelligence means the ability to learn.”

“The stars cut into the inky black sky, like glinting shards of glass.”