You trade in edicts and secrets; mine is nightmares and terror. Nothing I see will give me a second’s pause, faerie.”

“It means that I am constantly torn between civility and ferocity. It means that I do not want you for a wife, but a mate. As to why you should accept me, above all others, consider this. I know exactly what you are... and I think it’s magnificent. Your enemies are my enemies. My power is your power. If nothing else, let that be the reason.”

“The first thing you should understand is that I am not a man. Let there be no illusions about that. I don’t have human instincts or desires.”