“The sight of her made him understand why he'd lost his faith in God.”

“If he's the person i think he is, he'll handle it just right" Tarah had said. "If not, your better off without him.”

“You gotta admit, it's a messed-up world when going to war is safer than staying home.”

“If you ever mess with my daughter again, it will be the last mistake you make!”

“Irony sucks, you know?"Roger nodded. "That it does. Safely confined to the pages of novels, it's an interesting rhetorical device; encountered loose in the real world, it's a beast with steel claws and mirrors for eyes.”

“For the rest of his life he'd remember how she looked in that moment as she put her mark on his soul with four little words."I've made my choice.”

“I'll kill you! Sam had screamed it at Arobynn as the King of the Assassins beat her. He'd roared it. In those horrible minutes, whatever bond had sprung up between her and Sam hadn't broken. He'd switched loyalties- he'd chosen to stand by her, fight for her. If anything, that made him different from Ansel. Sam could have hurt or betrayed her a dozen times over, but he'd never jumped at the opportunity.”