A decision made during a moment of weakness can ruin your life.  To date, I had made three.

— Melika Dannese Lux

Affronts to her reputation pierced her to the heart, though I couldn’t understand why, since she had very little character left to defend.

— Melika Dannese Lux

A lot of things should have been, Sigmund, but they aren’t. Are you going to be miserable about the things you cannot change, or do something about the things you can?

— Melika Dannese Lux

Because, my dear Eric, I have tasted the secret knowledge. I know how much to say and when to pull back. I know what to see and not see. And now that I have become whole again, I can never go back. All these things he has given me. Better than my supposed mother and father ever could. For that, I owe him my life and allegiance.

— Melika Dannese Lux

Darkness enveloped us again, and for the first time in years, I welcomed it.

— Melika Dannese Lux

Death stalked toward us on padded feet.  And it was not alone.

— Melika Dannese Lux

Don’t listen to the ramblings of fools,” he said, smiling grimly. “When it comes down to it, if they knew the truth, no one would want to live on this earth forever.

— Melika Dannese Lux

He was mocking me. I could see his mouth beginning to lift in a maddening smirk, a smile that was half sardonic and half secretive, as if the fate of the world depended on the answer to a riddle only he knew and would never share.

— Melika Dannese Lux

His character is like an emerald—multifaceted and enhanced by inclusions.

— Melika Dannese Lux

How does one go on after doing such unspeakable things? It'all rather simple, really," he continued, speaking in someone else's voice. "Say to yourself, 'What things?' And it becomes clear...you are blameless. They brought it on themselves. What have they ever done for you except control your life? They tore you away from your sister; they ripped you from your home. Did you ask to be saved? No! Forget them and start over...with us, your true family, my Corcitura, my own.

— Melika Dannese Lux