"But what are loyalty and caring really worth?""To me? Everything."
"Why on earth would you buy a car like this if you can't drive a stick? There are dozens of cars--new cars--that have automatic transmission. It'd be a million times easier." Adrian shrugged. "I like the color. It matches my living room."
"Considering Adrian had once gotten bored while reading while reading a particularly long menu, I had a hard time imagining he'd read the Hugo book in any language."
"Every relationship is different. Everyone loves differently."
"His eyes widened. “Are you some kind of mutant human? Like a fire user? And I use mutant as a compliment, you know. I wouldn’t think less of you."
"The only thing true about what you just said was the storybook damsel part - and that only because you're pretty enough to be one."
"None of us are meant to be or do anything. We decide what we're going to be."
"It made you happy..."
"It is terrifying,” said Adrian. “And weird, for lack of a better word. And part of you knows… well, part of you knows something’s not right. That your thinking’s not right. But what do you about that? All we can go on is what we think, how we see the world. If you can’t trust your own mind, what can you trust? What other people tell you?"
"All we can go on is what we think, how we see the world. If you can't trust your own mind what can you trust?"
"Note even Moroi give licenses to infants, Sage,"
"Did you just use juxtaposition in a sentence?" "Yes, Sage" he said patiently. "We use it all the time with art, ... That, and I know how to use a dictionary"
"Adrian was completely deadpan. 'So. You're saying my sister is dressed like a prostitute."
"For a moment his eyes locked onto me with an intensity that left me breathless."