So how did you do it? What makes the cold-hearted princeling mortal like the rest of us?

I’m not that pitiful little girl you bullied last year.

People make mistakes all the time – some of us just are in more of a position to leave an impact when we do.

That somehow, this insufferable girl would become the one person I am forever, hopelessly, madly drawn to against my will and possibly even my better judgment.

I don’t need another ‘adversity builds character’ speech, Darren. That man is a chauvinistic pig. Where’s your adversity?”Darren raised a brow. “I’m looking at it.

We couldn’t be friends. We couldn’t be enemies.So what were we?

Someday, Ry, you are going to realize who Darren really is. He’s a prince, and he’s only going to break your heart.

Anything for Byron’s least favorite apprentice. It’s the least I can do since you took over my torch.

You can be a great man and still be a fool. Many of our country’s leaders can attest to that. Were they still living.

I’m not like you. I’ve never cared about keeping relationships or sparing people’s feelings. All I’ve ever cared about is power: how to get it, and how to keep it. I told you as much when we met.

Well done, Darren!” Master Byron was full of praise for the prince. “What did you use to cast it?”Darren’s eyes found mine. “Something I don’t regret.

When something important is going on, silence is a lie.

I want to make music. That means I prefer the Steinway piano.

Population is a strong driver of the economy as well as the quality of the labor force.

We use religion like a trolley-car--we ride on it only while it is going our way.

You can't change the world, you can only change yourself.

Vegetation is really controlling what happens...whereas the emphasis in the climate models has always been on the atmosphere.

A passport picture is a photo of a man that he can laugh at without realizing that it looks exactly the way his friends see him.

The best way to find out if you have any friends is to go broke. The ones that hang on longest are your friends. I don't mean the ones that hang on forever. There aren't any of those.

Dance from here to the other world-and don't stop.