I've wanted you from the moment I first saw you in the museum. Before that. I wanted every part of you from the first time I felt you, your presence.…

- Shana Abe

I want. . . a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want to love, and be loved.

- Shana Abe

Is that why you came?' 'No, I came because I simply can't get enough of people looking down their noses at me. The girls at school are getting fright…

- Shana Abe

I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don’t want gemstones or gold. I have t…

- Shana Abe

She was spirit and presence, as rare and brilliant as snowflakes in sunlight, and he could not bring himself to harm her.

- Shana Abe

All that effort,” he mused, “merely to avoid me. How gratifying.

- Shana Abe

Lia: "You've changed your mind about wanting to marry me. You're afraid I'll burn down your home. Embarrass you in front of all the other city brutes…

- Shana Abe

Trust you? Rue--trust you? You counterfeited your own death rather than wed me. You told me you'd rather die than stay in Darkfrith. I can't--I don't…

- Shana Abe

I want to love, and be loved.

- Shana Abe