“I picked up the back of the shirt, the light breen scales shimmering in the makeshift lighting of the bathroom. Something light swims up inside of me. Something like hope. Maybe I would be able to do it.”

“We need some controversy every now and then. Without it, we would never know where we stand as individuals: with the crowd or by yourself.”

“Sometimes the best choice is to wait.”

“Lonely world if you don’t have anyone to rule over.”

“Emotions rage inside me, something like a world war twisting inside my stomach and poking holes in my lungs. I can't pick apart reality from fantasy - does that mean insanity isn't far from my reach?”

“He will protect me if it is his will. It is not up to me whether I live or die. Either way, Heaven is what'll wait for me - the light at the end of the tunnel.”

“Have faith in the powers at work, Cressa, because when you do, you’ll believe. And when you believe, mountains become like feathers.”

“Nothing is purely evil.”

“The light will and can never be smothered in darkness.”

“I don’t have all the answers I need yet, and I’m not ready to give up until I completely understand the purpose I serve and what it is I’m supposed to do.”

“I learned later that I had smartly discovered the way of defeating anything: believing that you're stronger than you are.”