“Truly, we are the gods' own children, forged in the fire of our tortured pasts, but also blessed with unimaginable gifts.”

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

“So.... You are well equipped for our service.''Which is?''We kill people.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”