"Jude knew the truth. In nineteen years of koahs, meditations, and rigorous adherence to every rule of the Order of the Last Light, Jude had never once come close to the divine harmony he felt when Anton touched him. Anton's love was sacred, his kiss a revelation, and Jude's purpose had never been clearer to him than it was when he was beside him..."(231).

Spoiler

"'Everything dies eventually. Everything comes to an end. But if I have to die, then I'd rather die knowing that I gave my life everything I could. That I wanted. That I loved and was loved. That I was afraid, and I didn't let fear hold me back. That I leapt from the top of a lighthouse without knowing what lay below. That I walked down a path darker and stranger than the one set before me, with only the faith of the boy I love to guide me'"(398).

This. Freaking. Series.
For the record, I would like to say that I only teared up a little this time, which is an improvement from full-out sobbing over it for hours.
I love how cinematic it is, I love Anton and Jude and Beru and Ephyra and Hector and Khepri and sometimes Hassan (and maybe even Illya too...nope, I take that back), and I adore this world and the story. This book specifically might be one of my top three books ever. I felt all of the emotions a human can possibly feel while reading it.
I love this series so much.