“Ancient mirrorMacick mirrorShades of grayHiddenForbiddenWithin, awayPart the mistMacick kissedCall the feyReveal the pastThe spell is castI save the day!”

“No. Seriously. Speak American and not this ancient and very fucked-up, confusing olden-day Euro crap. Without the confusing woo-woo refrences, explain why the hell you're writing Zoey off.”

“Just when I thought my day couldnt get any worse, I saw the dead guy next to my locker.”

“When day begins to breakI count my blessings, good and bad,Being wakeful for your sake,Remembering the covenant we've always had,What eagle look your face still shows,While up from my heart's rootSo great a sweetness flowsI shake from head to foot.”

“What if all I'd ever known was how it had been for the past three years - me being an unwanted outsider in my own family?I might have turned out like Aphrodite, and I might still be letting my parents control me because I was hoping desperately that I would be good enough, make them proud, so that some day they would really love me.”

“I've bespelled this locket, for you; my own, my mate. The day has come when death forced us to part. You must know that I for you, forever, I shall wait. So until we meet again I hold your love safely within my heart.Remember, your oath was to temper strength with mercy. No matter how long apart we shall be, I hold you to that oatheternally... eternally...”

“She's really amazing," Darius said as he gazed lovingly after her. "If by amazing you mean a total pain in the butt, then I'll agree with you.”