There was the blue sky above her and all those many roses, the ones that gave off the scent of cloves in the rain and the ones that left a trace of lemon on your fingers, the ones that were the color of blood, and those that were as white as clouds. Each one was sweeter than the next and as red as gemstones.

You are only worthy of what you prove yourself to be.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

Let everyone see the blood,' he said. 'Don't clean it up. That's the only way people remember.'... I could see the blood inside my head. It was with me forever, whether or not I wanted to forget.

I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write, after a while you learn to use your time well or you stop writing

Remember what I've told you. Remember me.

Weapons are kept from women, but such a naming suggests that perhaps men fear our talents in war as well as our desire for peace.