"It's the solitude that slays you. Maybe because you'd expected ruin to arrive in a grander and more romantic form."
"The implication of this particular tale is: Trust strangers. Believe in magic."
"One of the reasons ordinary people are incapable of magic is simple dearth of conviction."
"End of story. ‘Happily ever after’ fell on everyone like a guillotine’s blade."
"But you find—surprise—that you like this capitulation from her, this helpless acceding, from the most recent embodiment of all the girls over all the years who've given you nothing, not even a curious glance. Welcome to the darker side of love."
"He could see himself selling himself as a compelling mutation, a young god, proud to the point of sexy arrogance of his anatomical deviation: ninety percent thriving muscled man-flesh and ten percent glorious blindingly white angel"