“Then his heart, now broken into a thousand pieces, slowly began to turn to ice.”

“But perhaps a heart takes experience and time to harden.”

“Magic will find those with pure hearts, even when all seems lost.”

“You must continue to believe with all your heart. Sometimes belief is all if takes to make something real.”

“Hate is such a strong emotion. Much more powerful than indifference. But those who burn with hate can also love just as intensely. Can't they? When you hate--or love--do you do so with all your heart? So much that it feels as if you might die from it?”

“Even in the darkest and most cruel person, there is still a kernel of good. And within the most perfect champion, there is darkness. The question is, will one give in to the dark or the light? It's something we decide with every choice we make, every day that we exist. What might not be evil to you could be evil to someone else. Knowing this makes us powerful even without magic.”

“Sometimes I feel as if I'm cursed. A slow, hungry curse that has worked its way across my entire life, stripping me of everything I love.”