“The heart makes its choices without weighing the consequences. It doesn't look ahead to the lonely nights that follow.”

“Some people make choices hoping for the best; Korsak had made a choice simply to avoid the worst.”

“The one man you most want to sleep with may be the worst choice of all.”

“Evil doesn't die. It never dies. It just takes on a new face, a new name. Just because we've been touched by it once, it doesn't mean we're immune to ever being hurt again. Lightning can strike twice.”

“But human anatomy and human endurance are variable. While the much younger nun had succumbed to her injuries, Ursula's heart kept beating, her body unwilling to surrender its soul. Not a miracle, merely one of those quirks of fate, like the child who survives a fall from a sixth-floor window, and is only scratched.”

“God, it's like reality's completely shifted on me. I used to think I was standing on such solid ground. If I wanted something badly enough, I just worked like hell for it. Now I can't decide what to do, which move to make. All the things I counted on aren't there for me anymore.”

“Sometimes, the person who could make you happiest is the one who waits patiently in the wings.”