“They knew that love snatched in the face of danger and death was doubly sweet for the strange excitement that went with it.”

“Love and death are everything, Jenny. Danger is the best part of the game. I thought you knew that." -Julian”

“...the girl longed for a love that could not be ended by death. From the time she was young, she knew that her true love was there, somewhere, living a life that would one day intersect her own. Knowing this made every day full of sweet possibility. Knowing that her true love lived and breathed and went about his day under her same sun made her fears vanish, her sorrows small, and her hopes high. Though she did not yet know his face, the color of his eyes, still she knew him better than anyone else knew him, knew his hopes and dreams, what made him laugh and cry.”

“There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.”

“Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.”

“Sweet is the death that taketh end by love.”