“Hate cannot be fought with hate. Evil cannot be conquered by darkness. Only love has the power to conquer them both.”

“Are men truly such idiots that they cannot resist two orbs of flesh?”

“Jewels can be replaced, cousin. Independence, once lost, cannot.”

“... then he offers me his arm. As I take it, I wonder what folly decreed that women cannot walk unassisted.”

“God's Teeth,' he says. 'I was only trying to wake you. You were crying out in your sleep.''I was not,' I say, then look from his neck to my knife.'When I tried to wake you, you stabbed me.' He sounds sore put out. and I cannot blame him.”

“I cannot tell her I have been moping over a broken heart when I have worked so hard to convince her I have no heart at all.”

“... while I am Death's daughter and walk in His dark shadow, surely the darkness can give way to light sometimes.”