Don't let anyone take care of you. Can you maybe leave that for me to do? I mean, take care of you? Feel free to take care of me in return... because I think I'll need you to do that.

He could hardly breathe at the though of his son and Quintana in Sorel with no one to protect them.

People with lost personalities will suffer a great deal more than those with lost virginities.

It’s against the rules of humanity to believe there is nothing we can do.

Finn, listen!" Trevanion said, his voice raw."I prayed to see you one more time. It's all I prayed for. Nothing more. And my prayers were answered. Go east, I'll lend them west."

"We have a dilemma, then," Finnikin said fiercely. "Because I prayed that you would grow old and hold my children in your arms as you held me. My prayers have not been answered yet, Trevanion. So whose prayer is more worthy? Yours or mine?

Be prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best.