"You can lie to yourself about all kinds of things. Until you can't, anymore. Until reality pounds a hole through your fantasy castle and the reality check must be cashed in."
- Ann Aguirre
"Pull yourself together. People among the living still need your help, and I haven't given you permission to quit."
"I knew exactly how he felt because I had walked in his shoes, wary and distrustful, unable to believe anybody could care about me without asking for something in return."
"You think a man doesn't fall down, son? A real man falls down nine times and gets up ten. You think real men don't get scared? We do, all the time, especially when the people we love can be taken away..."
"Lessons in magic from a mysterious boy who belonged to a hidden Ferisher court called the Wild — I couldn't think of anything that would horrify my parents more. Therefore, the proposition became expo..."
"Because it takes more courage to heal the world's hurts than to inflict them."
"--anger because pain would drown me without the protective shell."
"His smile is too beautiful for this world, and I am dying of love."
"I get it. You'd rather have him, broken, than me whole. If that didn't clarify my chances with you, nothing would. But you can't have what you want either, Deuce. I can't be your friend, feeling like ..."
"For love to flourish there has to be trust. Promises don’t matter as much aspersonal choice."