“You deserve all that and more. It made me happy to see you suffer. I would do it all over again if I could.' I realized I was shaking as the words tumbled out of me. 'I would do it again and...”

“Knowing the truth is not always a kindness.”

“Though mountains melt and oceans burn, The gifts of love shall still return.”

“They said that love was terrifying and tender, wild and sweet, and none of it made any sense. But now I knew that every mad word was true.”

“I remember the hours I had spent in Father's library, drugging myself with books so I could forget my doom for an hour..”