I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do.

He spends the majority of the evening in the company of Celia Bowen, whose elaborate gown changes color, shifting through a rainbow of hues to compliment whoever she is closest to.

It is a matter of perspective, the difference between opponent and partner," Tsukiko says. "You step to the side and the same person can be either or both or something else entirely. It is difficult to know which face is true.

I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held.

We cannot go backward,' Marco says. 'A great deal is not how it used to be.

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

It is likely to make us think we are not caged. We cannot feel the bars unless we push against them.