"Her father had said she could be anything: a vet, a lawyer, a movie star, anything. 'You can be a moose herder if you want, or a ballerina on a pogo stick. Nothing can stop you.'" Chapter One, Page 38

"Although she did not understand who the blond man was or why he had taken an interest in her, Laura was reassured by the note he had left. Understanding wasn't always necessary, as long as you believed." Chapter One, Page 40

"One of the things he had learned from the experiments at the institute was that reshaping fate was not always easy. Destiny struggled to reassert the pattern that was meant to be. Perhaps being molested and psychologically destroyed was such an immutable part of Laura's fate that Stefan could not prevent it from happening sooner or later." Chapter Two, Page 51

"At last Carl looked at Nina. 'They've tricked...