“My deaths never last for long.” Morgan to Lord Requiem after being shot by soulfire.”

“In order to strengthen steel it must first brave the fire. Moriethe is my forge and the Bone Hag my hammer. In order for my daughter to thrive in the life she must first become unbreakable. And in order to do that she needs to come to me willingly." Lord Thulath to Lord Requiem, speaking of his daughter Morgan.”

“I had never met a lord before, nor had I ever expected to meet one. It didn't matter what he looked like: he was a lord first, and a human being, with a face and limbs and body, long, long after.”

“Being in hat is not, by a long shot, the same as being in love, or that being in love is not, by a long shot, the same as loving.”

“We'd been so ... clueless that being in heat is not, by a long shot, the same as being in love, or that being in love is not, by a long shot, the same as loving.”

“In my heart I do have a fear...I long to grow more godly with each passing day. Call it "the fear of the Lord," being in awe of Him and scared to death of any sin that would mar my life.”