“There comes a time when the fall of snow is no longer the start of a marvellousadventure. There comes a time when it means scraping your windscreen andhoping your car starts. It means aching joints and throbbing sinuses and coldhands and feet. It means taking longer to get to work and spending all daysitting in an office where the heating isn’t on. Grey slush and cracked pipes,cancelled trains and influenza, that’s what snow means. You’ll wake up feelinglike that, one day, and it will mean you are grown up. I hope that day doesn’tcome soon.”

“You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.”

“The snowflakes start falling and I start to floatTill my mean older brother stuffs snow down my coat”

“I mean if I don't get started soon, how will I get the chance to sharpen my wits? It takes alot of training.”

“I think when you’re young you should be a lot with yourself and your sufferings. Then one day you get out where the sun shines and the rain rains and the snow snows and it all comes together.”

“You are healed." Allegra nodded. "You are no longer a Silver Blood." She paused. "But you are no longer a vampire either."Bliss started. No longer a vampire-but what did that mean? Did it mean she was just human?”

“I'm a uniter not a divider. That means when it comes time to sew up your chest cavity, we use stitches as opposed to opening it up.”