"Letumosis. The blue fever. Worldwide pandemic. Hundreds of thousands dead. Unknown cause, unknown cure." Chapter Five, pg. 50

"'It has been five years since you became a part of this household, Cinder. Five years since Garan left you to me. I still don't know what made him do it, don't know why he felt obligated to travel to Europe, of all places, to find some...mutant to take care of. He never explained it to me. Perhaps he would have someday. But I never wanted you. You know that.'" Chapter Six, pg. 64

"Imagining the headless voice on the other side of the mirror, watching, laughing at her vain struggles, she froze and tried her best to hold still. To be strong. To not think about what they were doing to her." Chapter Eight, pg 84

"He was the fantasy of every girl in the country. He was so far...