“As if fixing the little errors would made the big stuff manageable.”

“Do you remember those days? Back porch, sunshine, mason jars" - she paused at remembered sweetness - "we were so foolish then...thinking there was a big ol' world out there to conquer.”

“You are my queen. I’ve spent nine centuries seeking the mortal who would free this court, who would save my best friend’s son, who would save the lives of the rest of the girls who were not you. I’d die before I’d allow harm to you.” He bowed his head.”

“What would I do without you?""You'll never find out.”

“Everything I could want in eternity is possible because of you," he thought, and then he stopped thinking and simply enjoyed being in the arms of the one person in all of forever who made his life complete.”

“A clear division between good and evil, right and wrong, would simplify everything, but life was rarely simple.”

“I'd stop anyone from taking that smile from you. I would, if I were allowed.”