This time the fluttery feeling in my stomach was more intense. It made the inside of my thighs tingle and my breathing deepen.

— P.C. Cast

What if all I'd ever known was how it had been for the past three years - me being an unwanted outsider in my own family? I might have turned out like Aphrodite, and I might still be letting my parents control me because I was hoping desperately that I would be good enough, make them proud, so that some day they would really love me.

— P.C. Cast

What more could you want? How about dominion over this 'beautiful place'? Beauty doesn't last. Friends and family decay. Power is the only thing that goes on forever." Jack answered with his gut. "No, love goes on forever.

— P.C. Cast

Who knew hitting my head and passing out would be so much fun?

— P.C. Cast

You are old beyond your years Zoey bird. Believe in yourself and you will find a way. But remember darkness does not always equate to evil just like light does not always bring good.

— P.C. Cast

You make me sound like an arrogant ass," he said." Are you?"" No! I'm just me.

— P.C. Cast

Your as slow as a fat kid on crutches

— P.C. Cast

Your way of life is sinful and wrong," he said fiercely. Thus says a man who admits to worshiping a God who vilifies pleasure, relegates women to roles that are little more than servants and broodmares, though they are the backbone of your church, and seeks to control his worshipers through guilt and fear.

— P.C. Cast

Zoey~ 'Listen to me, winning about money and a scarf. Ah, hell! I'm starting to sound like Aphrodite.' Stark~ 'If you turn into Aphrodite I'm going to stab myself.' Zoey~ 'If I turn into Aphrodite, stab me first.' Stark~ 'Deal.' Zoey~ 'Deal.

— P.C. Cast

ZO, I'm not a damn pussy!' Erik, looking very tall and full-grown, kick-your-butt vampire-like, snorted sarcastically and then said, 'No, you're a damn human. Wait, that does make you a pussy!

— P.C. Cast