I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.

It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.

Sometimes movies really are the best medicine.

Do you ever just put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that's what love is like; everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but for some reason you just keep going.

Just because something is unspoken doesn't mean that it disappears.

I was beginning to understand.My grandmother's love was cold because she was afraid of things;that was why everything had to be perfect.

Any weapon touched by a woman, even by accident, must be cleansed with both water and prayer so that her essence would not linger, diverting the warrior who might use it next, for even the faintest touch could bring lust to that man's heart. Perhaps that meant a woman who was well trained in arms would be the superior warrior, her attention never wavering from her task.