“Plus, I happened to be a history nerd. Why else would I be interested in a guy born in the year 519?”

“There’s another story I know. This one doesn’t have any swords or visions. This one is about a boy who found a girl during a terrible time.” “How did it turn out?” “I don’t know, but I do know the boy doesn’t regret it. Not a minute. No matter how it turns out. Because he’s been waiting for this girl from the time she was born, and if it takes another thousand years to meet her again, he’d wait again. Whatever it takes.”

“Well, can you tell her that?"He looked down at his feet. "I will. I will."Guy-speak for, "I plan to keep avoiding her until she gives up.”

“If I were to lock you up in a dungeon, I guarantee you would not be bored.”

“My name is Arianna Morganna Brittany DuLac--you can imagine why I went by the name Ryan.”

“If you keep waiting for the right time, it may never happen. Sometimes you have to make the most of the time you have.”

“Why did you wear heels? How are you supposed to fight a gargoyle in what you're wearing?”