However wretched her origins, she chose freely to continue her crimes against us from the moment she woke to this life. It is easy to forgive beautiful women, especially when they lay a sorrowful tale before you like a sugar-dusted meal. It does not mean they deserve forgiveness.

In his own country, Death can be kind.

She felt as she often did in class when she was nearly sure she had the right answer, but could not always make herself raise her hand.

Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye.

But if you must be clever, then be clever. Be brave. Sleep with fists closed and shoot straight.

A marriage is a private thing. It has its own wild laws, and secret histories, and savage acts, and what passes between married people is incomprehensible to outsiders. We look terrible to you, and severe, and you see our blood flying, but what we carry between us is hard-won, and we made it just as we wished it to be, just the color, just the shape.

I can't imagine a decent maze that would be caught dead without a minotaur. It's not done! You don't go out of your house without any clothes on, and a minotaur doesn't go into the world without a labyrinth to keep him warm.