“They weren't my family and it wasn't my holiday, but I was orphaned and an atheist and I would take what I could get.”

“Sir, usually I do preach for souls, but my orphans cannot eat souls. And if they could, it would take four souls the size of yours to make a square meal for just one orphan!”

“Because isn’t that what the holidays are all about— letting your family make you wish you were an orphan?”

“What worth would my life be to me or my family if I stood by and allowed you to face danger alone when I could help.”

“I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.”

“I'd more than missed him, I needed him. It wasn't a dependency, it wasn't a weakness or a failure, he was an addition to my very soul. And I laughed into our kiss as I realized that this was what love was. I could live without him, of course I could, and I could function and get on with my days if he wasn't here, but I didn't want to. I wanted him right where he was, in my space and in my life.”