“He felt homesick for places he had never been. He missed hearts he had never loved.”
“Sometimes he felt like he'd been gone his whole life--in exile, away from the place he was supposed to be, and that, soldier-like, he was pining to be returned. Homesick for a place he'd never been.”
“He was in love, and never had he felt such kindness towards another person.”
“For a moment Dustfinger felt as if he had never been away- as if he had simply had a bad dream, and the memory of it had left a stale taste on his tongue,a shadow on his heart,nothing more.”
“But once in a great while he remembered that he had felt pain, a terrible ache in his heart, and he swore he would never let himself feel love for a human again.”
“He had wanted. He had needed. He had desired. And he had taken. But he had never loved.”