Though I have seen a great deal of the sights, traveled a number of the available paths, there are always corners that remain unexplored, doors that remain unopened.

Widge can see the past." Poppet says suddenly. "That's why his stories are so good." "The past is easier," Widget says. "It's already there." "In the stars?" Bailey asks. "No." Widget says. "On people. The past stays on you the way powdered sugar stays on fingers. Some people can get rid of it but it's still there, the events and t hings that pushed you to where you are now.

All empires fall eventually. It is the way of things.

Celia." he says without looking up at her, "why do we wind our watch?" "Because everything requires energy," she recites obediently, eyes still focused on her hand. "We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.

I don;t think there's anything wrong with being a dreamer. There is not. But dreams have ways of turning into nightmares.

Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.

I do not like sitting idly by when something clearly isn't right. I feel... not trapped but something like it, and I don't know what to about.