“I think he's beginning to understand, and understanding is a horrible thing.”

“But there’s no such thing as free. There are only different and more horrible ways to be enslaved.”

“Poor kid,' Jenna says, and rolls her eyes toward me for a moment. Then she returns to her book. 'She doesn't even understand what kind of place this is.”

“I think, in this strange world of beautiful things, there may be some humanity after all.”

“But instead of tears, when I press my face against the pillow, a horrible, primal scream comes out of me. It's unlike anything I thought myself capable of. Rage, unlike anything I've ever known.”

“Good night, sweetheart," he says. "Good bye, sweetheart," I say. And it's so casual, so innocent that he doesn't suspect a thing.”

“I've loved you since the day I stole the atlas for you," Gabriel says, because he thinks I'm asleep.”