Dana

“Pretty, huh?' I asked. My breath made frosty clouds in the air. 'I guess in some ways, it's not that different from the ski resort's view... but I don't know. I feel different about it today.'

'Life's like that,' he said. 'As we grow and change, sometimes things we've experienced before take on new meaning. It'll happen for the rest of your life.”
― Richelle Mead, Blood Promise

“תודה לאל, שכבר אז נתן לי להבין, שמרוץ ההתקדמות לעולם לא ייפסק, ואם לא מחלקים את החיים למספר תקופות, כשבתחילת כל תקופה עושים קצת חושבים איך תיראה ומה אנו רוצים להשיג בסיומה, אזי רק רצים קדימה וקדימה, מנסים להגיע לפסגה שהולכת ומתרחקת ככל שמתקרבים אליה, במקום להנות מהטיפוס עצמו.
נראה לי, שאם היה בא לעולם הזה מישהו מבחוץ, איזה אורח אובייקטיבי מעולם אחר, הוא לבטח היה מקבל את הרושם שמטרת חיינו, הוויתנו, ופסגת אושרנו, היא לרוץ.
בכל אופן, מומלץ מדי פעם לעשות איזה עצירה, קצת לחשוב ולסכם רשמים, ואולי באותה הזדמנות גם להיזכר שאנו אמורים להינות מכל הסיפור הזה.”
― אילן הייטנר, חוכמת הבייגלה

“Okay, everybody knows that you used to be Nyx's warrior, but that you're here 'cause something messed up with that', she said matter-of-factly, 'which means you messed up. It also means that even though you've gone all evil and stuff, you used to know about honor and loyalty and maybe even love. So I have somethin' to tell you about your son, and I want you to listen to me.
I don't know how or why is happened, but I love him, and I think he loves me.' Here she paused and met Rephaim's gaze.

'I do,' he said clearly and distinctly so that his voice carried to everyone watching. 'I love you, Stevie Rae.”
― P.C. Cast, Awakened

“I know the immortal has faked a lot of things. I know he's trafficked with Darkness and been a murderer, a liar, and a betrayer. But I think for my entire life I will remember the look on Kalona's face when he saw Rephaim that day. For an instant Kalona smiled and such pure joy suffused his entire being that I lost grip on Rephaim. I stood there, slack jawed, and gasped at the wonder of Kalona's happiness, and realized that I saw within his expression the same love I'd seen when he'd gazed at Nyx in the Otherworld.”
― Kristin Cast (Author) P. C. Cast (Author), Destined