Some say it is better to have eaten and lost than never to have eaten at all.

To be all right implies an impossible phase. We hope for mostly right on the best of our days.

A beating heart was skewered on its tip. It was broken, cut almost clean in half by a blackened fissure that was filled with dust and ash.

Even if I believed I was doing good- for who I am to presume what is good for others?

One cannot be brave who has no fear.

My only mistake was in waiting too long to be rid of you", Adri said, running the washcloth between her fingers. "Believe me, Cinder. You are a sacrifice I will never regret.