“This is what we are made for: promises, pledges, and sworn oaths of obedience.”

“Perfection is a promise, and a reassurance that we are not wrong.”

“What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their deaths.”

“If you take, we will take back. Steal from us, and we will rob you blind. When you squeeze, we will hit.This is the way the world is made now.”

“That’s what made it sofrightening to the lawmakers: Love obeysno laws other than its own.”

“Kent?" I say, and my voice seems to have to rise from inside the fog, taking forever to get from my brain to my mouth."Yeah?""Promise you'll stay here with me?" I say."I promise," he whispers.”

“Promise me we'll stay together, okay?" His eyes are once again the clear blue of a perfectly transparent pool. They are eyes to swim in, to float in, forever. "You and me.""I promise," I say.Behind us the door creaks open, and I turn around, expecting Raven, just as a voice cuts through the air: "Don't believe her.”