“Never underestimate the will of a creature who begins to die at birth.”

“I have something to check out. You...guard the truck.""Sylvie," Wright said, "no one wants this truck. I'm broke and on foot, and I don't want this truck.”

“You think I'm a part of the Magicus Mundi?""You are telling me you're not? That being the new Lilith means nothing? That it's a human thing?""It's the quintessential human thing," Sylvie said. "The ability to say fuck you.”

“Never change your originality for the sake of others because no one can play your role better than you.”

“The truth is I’m a chicken shit coward who’s afraid of a girl like you. When I’m with you, I want things I never thought I’d be able to have, or deserved, and that scares me a little. I’m just a regular guy who works in a bar and you’re this beautiful person who shines brighter than the stars.I think I just made up some cheesy poetry so I’ll stop while I’m ahead.If you feel like talking, give me a call. ~DSophie sat down on the floor and, through blurry eyes, reread the note so many times she had it memorized. She was going to do more than give him a call.”

“On the face of it, no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of Edwardian drawingrooms into the manifold horrors of the First World War.”

“Whatever good work you begin to do, beg of God with most earnest prayer to perfect it.”