“... true faith never comes without anguish.”

“He smiles then, and even though it is well past midnight, its as if the sun has just come out.”

“In the distance a wolf howls. Let it come, I think. Beast will most likely simply howl back, and the creature will either turn tail and run or fall into line behind him, like the rest of us have.”

“Whenever you are ready, or if you never are, my heart is yours, until Death do us part. Whatever that may mean when consorting with one of Death’s handmaidens.”

“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.”

“Why be the sheep when you can be the wolf?”

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