“This was what my spirit longed to do, to wander in strange lands. It couldn't stand being trapped in one body all the time. It had wanderlust.”

“I would never see him again. But as I watched the tunnel race before my eyes, I was certain of one thing: I did trust him. Now I had only to trust in myself.”

“Rowling is a luminous storyteller. I love her sense of humor and the intricate wizarding world she built around Hogwarts. I think all writers aspire to be like her, to capture readers like she does. But I didn't think about 'Harry Potter' when I wrote 'The Bone Season.'”

“But one day, you will be faced with a choice, as we all are. One day you will have to choose between your own desires, your own darkest impulses, and what you know to be right . . . and it will harden you. You will understand that all of us are devils in the skins of men.”

“You told me once that freedom was my right.” I held his gaze. “Maybe you should do something with it.”

“It is not that I do not want you. Only that I might want you too much. And for too long”

“Permission to disregard your orders, Underqueen." "Permission not granted. Permission categorically denied.”

“Madness is a matter of perspective, little dreamer.”

“Every revolution begins with breakfast,’ I quoted as they left. ‘Is this your revolution, Jaxon?”

“Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.”

“I looked at him and he looked at me. A moment. A choice. My choice. His choice.”