"His hand glides down my arm, folds over my hand. His fingers lace with mine, palms kissing. I can feel the fast thud of his heart through this single touch."
- Sophie Jordan
"I wish for adventure.I wish to matter.I wish for a home."
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster."
"That's what I wanted. Something to enrich me, to make me feel better about the things in my life that I could never change." - Page 56"
"He may be stronger, but I'm not defenseless. He knows that, of coarse. That's why he's here. He wants me for what I can do after all."
"He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. "I do", I admit."
"No longer do I fear. No longer do I let others define me. I know what I am. What I'm capable of. That I'm a girl... a woman who will fight to survive."
"Pleasure suffused her and she snuggled deeper into his arms, her heart clenching when he tightened his hold on her. After a while his breathing slowed and his hold relaxed. Convinced he slept, she whi..."
"Ironic. I'm here because of my inherent dangerousness, but it's my inherent politeness that makes me put up with this. With him."
"Before I sought truth. Now I seek justice."