“How will I explain it all … to everybody?” “You know, people don’t have to explain things nearly as much as you think they do.”
“It’s a funny old world. Once you realize that, you’re halfway there.”
“Her life was like her house—a colorful fantasy where anything was possible if you wanted it badly enough.”
“a piper from the area called John Paul. Of course he did. Everyone knew”
“Winnie’s silver-and-black jacket might be too dressy. She wore a”
“If it is true that men have souls that do survive them,” he went on, ignoring me, “and if those souls are born again to life, you need not worry that my ghost will haunt you. I’ll haunt you in the flesh, instead.” My eyes were gently skeptical. “And how would I know you, pray, in another body?” “’Tis simple.” He brought his hand up with an effort, turning his fingers round to show me the heavy crested ring he wore. “Look you here, and remember. ’Tis the hooded hawk of the de Mornays. The hood may blind it, and yet it sees more clearly than the sighted.” “You mean that I should trust my heart.” “More than your heart. Your soul.” His hand lifted higher, and clasped mine strongly. “Feel that, love. There’s nothing can break that. We are two parts of the one whole, you and I. The hawk mates for life, and our lives are but beginning. Faith,” he said, smiling, “d’you think I’d let a little thing like the grave come between us?”
“I am a hopeless romantic. A silly, ridiculous, foolish romantic. I live in a fantasy land. I need to get real. And now, for the first time, I want to get real. I want a real relationship with a real man in the real world–-with all the real problems, faults, and whatever comes with it.”
“...Bananach sits on your throne, has declared herself Dark Queen."
"She WHAT!?" Niall- or perhaps Irial-asked.”
“He … loves her. Well, he’s crushing on her anyway.”
I didn’t know the term but I understood its meaning well enough. I sighed. “I thought she’d be smarter.”
He raised his eyebrows. “She’s plenty smart.” He looked thoughtful. “You don’t believe in love then?”
“No.” I wanted to look away, couldn’t. “I don’t know.”
“You two fit like pork and beans.”
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