A red map isn't easy to follow. Any document made of blood and bones is tricky. Wrong turns are easily made, and there are often piles of stones in the road. A person has to disregard time and sorrow and all the damage done. If you follow, if you dare, the thread always leads to whomever or whatever you've forgotten.

Still, I couldn't help but wonder if it was a mistake for people like us to be tied to a place. If we weren't meant to be ready and willing to wander. If everything we needed was contained in who we were. And what we remember.

Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.

Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.

Some fates are guaranteed, no matter who tries to intervene.

The sisters were glad to be together. They had the easy sort of relationship where they didn't have to speak to be understood.

Those you love will not drown or burn. They will fly away.' ...'Now we both have people we love who are like birds. They have flown far from anything in this world that can hurt them. They're flying away still.