“He was like Superman, but with fangs and oddly impaired morals.”

“People who know other people’s secrets can’t afford to do things that impair their ability to control their mouths.”

“Americans in particular are oddly innocent in their faith that science holds explanations for everything.”

“Time was such an odd thing. One moment you could talk to someone, then suddenly, they were gone.”

“They staggered and stumbled, wounded but triumphant, singing the old Welsh folk song “Ar Lan y Môr.” And if there was something odd about returning from battle singing about lilies, rosemary, rocks, and—for some reason he’d never fathomed—eggs, of all things, by the sea, well, then the three of them made it sound pretty good and only he and Beauclaire knew Welsh.”

“She sees ghosts,” said Samuel, impatient with my whining."I see dead people,” I deadpanned back. Oddly, it was Uncle Mike who laughed. I hadn’t thought he’d be a moviegoer.”

“Some of the fae have an odd idea of bride send-offs," he explained "including, according to Zee, kidnapping." "I forgot about that." And I was appalled because I knew better. "Bran and Samuel are probably more of a danger than any of the fae," I told him. "Someday, I'll tell you about some of the more spectaculare wedding antics Samuel's told me about." Some of them made kidnapping look mild.”