Family isn't blood. It's the people who love you. The people who have your back.
City of Heavenly FireCould you really love two different people at once? Could you split your heart in half?
Clockwork PrinceWhy do you eat your own heart? Because, O King, it is bitter, and because it is my heart.
Dead Man Rising[I]t's the child writer who has figured out, early on, that writing is about saving your soul.
The Forest for the TreesTrust. It is like placing a blade in someone's hand and setting the very point to your heart.
The Bane Chronicles