He keeps this up, he's bound to be caught, she thought. And this time they'll dangle him for certain.

More and more, there were no revelations, but simply the uncovering of truths long known but dimly remembered. Everything had been written long ago. There was nothing truly new in the world, but only the slow, circular march of time that revealed the old things once again.

But it's not enough to know right from wrong. You need the strength to do what's right, even when what you want most in the world is the wrong thing.

He expects nothing, she thought, because he's never had anything. And nothing was expected of him. He was free in a way she never would be.

Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed.

Did the destruction of one dream leave a vacuum that required filling with another? Is a broken heart more vulnerable?

Crow walked toward her, arms outstretched like a man in a dream, which he was, in a way. Sometimes a dream is enough.