"it's the oldest story in the universe, this one or any other. boy and girl fall in love, get separated by events. war, politics, accidents in time. she's thrown out of the hex, or he's thrown into it. since then they've been yearning for each other across time and space, across dimensions. this isn't a ghost story, it's a love story!" "through crimson stars and silent stars and tumbling nebulas like oceans set on fire. through empires of glass and civilizations of pure thought, and a whole, terrible, wonderful universe of impossibilities." "you are beautiful. beautiful fragile human skin. like parchment." "the soul's made of stories, not atoms."
"it's not a god. it'll feed on your soul, but that doesn't make it a god. it is a vampire, and you don't need to give yourself to it." "all the elements in your body were forged many, many millions of years ago, in the heart of a far away star that exploded and died. that explosion scattered those elements across the desolations of deep space. after so, so many millions of years, these elements came together to form new stars and new planets. and on and on it went. the elements came together and burst apart, forming shoes and ships and sealing wax, and cabbages and kings. until eventually, they came together to make you. you are unique in the universe. there is only one Merry Gejelh. and there will never be another. getting rid of that existence isn't a sacrifice. it is a waste."
"let me have some good dreams for once" "i stole your childhood and now I've led you by the hand to your death. but the worst thing is, i knew. i knew this would happen...forget your faith in me. i took you with me because I was vain. because I wanted to be adored...i'm not a hero. i really am just a mad man in a box." "put down your sword and stop playing soldier" "i didn't ask you to save me/ you shouldn't have to ask" "immortality isn't living forever. that's not what it feels like. immortality is everybody else dying." "i'll run and i'll run in case all the pain catches up" "you will not insult my memory, there will be no revenge" "tomorrow is promised to no one, doctor. but i insist upon my past." "let me be robbed of my faith in private" "cowardice isn't quaint, it's sly, aggressive."