“I am left with the conviction that an avalanche would be easier to dissuade than that man.”

“I am sorry,' he whispers. 'I am sorry I treated you so ill. I thought only to protect Duval.''It was not I who was poisoning him,' I say.'No, but you had stolen his heart and I was afraid you would rip it from his chest when you left.”

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

“It is a good thing I no longer have a heart, because if I did, it would surely break.”

“And just as love has two sides, so too does Death. While Ismae will serve as His mercy, I will not, for that is not how He fashioned me.Every death I have witnessed, every horror I have endured, has forged me to be who I am -- Death's justice.”

“I stare at him coldly. "I do not care for needlework." I pause. "Unless it involves the base of the skull.”

“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.”