P.C. Cast

"Your way of life is sinful and wrong, he said fiercely. Thus says a man who admits to worshipping a God who vilifies pleasure, relegates women to roles that are little more than servants and broodmares, though they are the backbone of your church, and seeks to control his worshippers through guilt and fear."

"Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good."

"Often secret desires as well as abilities surface in our dreams."

"He's waiting for yu, young queen.'Shocked, I stared at Seoras. 'Heath'The Warrior's look was wise and understanding - his voice gentle. 'Aye, yur Heath probably does await you somewhere in the future, but it is of your Guardian I speak."

"A lot of men wouldn't like being called a romantic. It's not macho enough.'Quite often men are fools."

"Because you are the superhero fledgling. I’m just your more attractive sidekick. Oh, and the herd of nerds are your dorky minions."

"I'm going to remember this, I told myself sternly. I'm going to remember how awful they made me feel today. So when I'm scared and alone and whatever else is going to happen to me starts to happen, I'm going to remember that nothing could be as bad as being stuck here. Nothing."

"I've found that he way a person feels about cats-and the way they feel about him or her in return-is usually an excellent gauge by which to measure a person's character"

"People who are filled with hate don't know how to handle love."

"It was like staring into the face of a familiar stranger. You know, that person you see in a crowd and swear you know, but you really don't? Now she was me - the familiar stranger. She had my eyes. They were the same hazel color that could never decide whether it wanted to be green or brown, but my eyes had never been that big and round. Or had they? She had my hair - long and straight and almost as dark as my grandma’s had been before hers had begun to turn silver. The stranger had my high cheekbones, long, strong nose, and wide mouth - more features from my grandma and her Cherokee ancestors. But my face had never been that pale. I’d always been olive-ish, much darker skinned than anyone else in my family. But maybe it wasn’t that my skin was suddenly so white ... maybe it just looked pale in comparison to the dark blue outline of the crescent moon that was perfectly positioned in the middle of my forehead. Or maybe it was the horrid fluorescent lighting. I hoped it was the lighting. I stared at the exotic-looking tattoo. Mixed with my strong Cherokee features it seemed to brand me with a mark of wildness ... as if I belonged to ancient times when the world was bigger ... more barbaric. From this day on my life would never be the same. And for a moment — just an instant—I forgot about the horror of not belonging and felt a shocking burst of pleasure, while deep inside of me the blood of my grandmother’s people rejoiced."

"Zo, I'm not a damn pussy!'Erik, looking very tall and full-grown, kick-your-butt vampyre-like, snorted sarcastically and then said, 'No, you're a damn human. Wait, that does make you a pussy!"

"What if all I'd ever known was how it had been for the past three years - me being an unwanted outsider in my own family?I might have turned out like Aphrodite, and I might still be letting my parents control me because I was hoping desperately that I would be good enough, make them proud, so that some day they would really love me."

"If you have good friends, no matter how much life is sucking , they can make you laugh."

"See with your soul and not your eyesbecause to dance with the beasts youmust penetrate their disguise."

"This time the fluttery feeling in my stomach was more intense. It made the inside of my thighs tingle and my breathing deepen."

"I'll find you, don't worry. My body won't be with you all the time, but you'll always have my heart. I'm your worrier, remember" "I'll never forget. I promise. I'm your High Priestess and you've pledged yourself to me. That means you have my heart, too."Then both of us better stay safe. A heart's a hard thing to live without. I should know. I've tried it."

"How can you expect me to believe that"whether you believe it or not does not change the nature of truth"

"Oh for craps sake. You're not dying again, are you? It's seriously inconvenient when you do that." -Aphrodite"

"Easy. Peasy"

"Who knew hitting my head and passing out would be so much fun?"