“My only mistake was in waiting too long to be rid of you", Adri said, running the washcloth between her fingers. "Believe me, Cinder. You are a sacrifice I will never regret.”

“WalkMillion miles awayYour signal in the distanceTo whom it may concernI think I lost my wayGettin good at starting overEvery time that I returnLearning to walk againI believe I've waited long enoughWhere do I beginLearning to talk againCan't you see I've waited long enoughWhere do I beginDo you remember the daysWe built these paper mountainsAnd sat and watched them burnI think I found my placeCan't you feel it growing strongerLittle conquerorsLearning to walk againI believe I've waited long enoughWhere do I begin?Learning to talk againI believe I've waited long enoughWhere do I begin?NowFor the very first timeDon't you pay no mindSet me free, againYou keep alive a moment at a timeBut still inside a whisper to a liarTo sacrifice but knowing to surviveThe first to find another state of mindI'm on my knees, I'm praying for a signForever, wheneverI never wanna dieI never wanna dieI never wanna dieI'm on my kneesI never wanna dieI'm Dancing on my graveI'm Running through the fireForever, wheneverI Never wanna dieI Never wanna leaveI'll Never say goodbyeForever, wheneverForever, wheneverLearning to walk againI believe I've waited long enoughWhere do I begin?Learning to talk againCan't you see I've waited long enoughWhere do I begin?Learning to walk againI believe I've waited long enoughLearning to talk againCan't you see I've waited long enough”

“I shouldn’t ask you to,” he said, devotion in every word, “but I’m going to. Wait for me, Jess. I’ll come back to you.” Naked emotion turned the sea green into hidden emeralds. Pressing her fingers to his lips, she shook her head. “You never have to ask, Galen. Forever, that’s how long I’d wait for you.”

“You can run. You can keep running to the ends of the earth. But I won’t be far behind you.”“Ethan—”“No. I will never be far behind you.” He tipped up my chin so that I could do nothing else but look back into his eyes. “Do the things you need to do. Learn to be a vampire, to be a warrior, to be the soldier you are capable of being. But consider the possibility that I made a mistake I regret—and that I’ll continue to regret that mistake and try to convince you to give me another chance until the earth stops turning.”

“Jack: “Gwendolen, wait here for me.”Gwendolen: “If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.”

“If I showed you what was in my heart," she said, "it would burn you to a cinder."I've tried to burn you similarly," it said, "but you never even noticed when I opened my chest.”