For a tiny instant Faith wondered whether it would benefit the doctor's investigation if he experienced a cliff fall first-hand.

This is a battlefield, Faith! Women find themselves on battlefields, just as men do. We are given no weapons, and cannot be seen to fight. But fight we must, or perish.

Faith had always told herself that she was not like other ladies. But neither, it seemed, were other ladies.

It could be kindness. Faith felt hollow at the thought. She had needed kindness before, and has received none. Now it was too late, and she did not know what to do with it.

She had needed kindness before, and had received none. Now it was too late, and she did not know what to do with it.

People were animals, and animals were nothing but teeth. You bit first, and you bit often, That was the only way to survive.

Silence itself could be used as deftly and cruelly as a kire

Somehow the sting of guilt was always more acute when there was a risk that she might get caught.

I thought you're someone worth fighting for. But after all, you're not.

You are my treasure.

My father used to always give me a basketball, a skate board, and a bike every Christmas. That's all I wanted every year.

Freedom is always wise.

The difficulty is old, but none the less real. An omnipotent being who created a world containing evil not due to sin must Himself be at least partially evil.

There is no security for any power unless it be a security in which its neighbours have an equal share.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

I'm so exhausted and yet I feel like I'll never sleep again.

Unbelievable," I said. "First you wanted to hide her away to keep you alive. Now you actually want her out in the world to use her compulsion for your own psycho plans.

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.