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

“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.”

“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.”

“Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.”

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

“Every time he glances at me I feel it just as surely as if he has reached out and run his finger along my soul. It is all I can do not to smile at the sheer wonder of it.”

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