“All the while, Everett felt both the threat of disorder and the steady, thrumming promise of having everything he wanted, all at once.”

“ I felt that the world itself had changed and that it would never be steady under my feet again. I felt I understood nothing of people and had no way to learn. I felt fear. Until you have felt fear, you cannot imagine it. Once you have really felt it, you know that all your earlier nervousness was but a pale shadow.”

“Go for it, while you can. I know you have it in you. And I can't promise you'll get everything you want, but I can promise nothing will change if you don't try.”

“I’ll not tire until I’ve claimed your heart,” he whispered into my hair. “And that is both a promise and a threat.” I could feel his warm breath against my cheek as he spoke.”

“All that belonged to him, Dick, but he would never have it.Why should that sonofabitch have everything, while he had nothing?”

“I want him to have everything, but all he has is me.”