“Once upon a time, an angel lay dying in the mist.And a devil knelt over him and smiled.”

“Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a new way of living—one without massacres and torn throats and bonfires of the fallen, without revenants or bastard armies or children ripped from their mothers’ arms to take their turn in the killing and dying. Once, the lovers lay entwined in the moon’s secret temple and dreamed of a world that was a like a jewel-box without a jewel—a paradise waiting for them to find it and fill it with their happiness. This was not that world.”

“Once apon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well.”

“Stop smiling. Every time you smile, an angel dies.”

“Expect anything from anyone.The devil was once an angel”

“Once upon a time, the sky knew the weight of angel armies on the move, and the wind blew infernal with the fire of their wings.”