Could you do such things when you were a dancer?' Tara asks her, as Tsukiko pulls a leg up impossibly far over her head. 'I would have had a much busier social calendar if I could,' Mme. Padva replies with a shake of her head.

Have you ever thought about it, about simply leaving? Really, truly thought about it with the intent to follow through and not as a dream or a passing fancy?

If she were gone I would be nothing. You should think better of yourself than to settle for that.

So it’s really best to keep your secrets when you have them, for their own good, as well as yours.

I am haunted by the ghost of my father, I think that should allow me to quote Hamlet as much as I please.

I didn't know your identity, but I had an impression of who my opponent was, being surrounded by things you made.

Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.