Sometimes you didn't really arrive at a conclusion about your life, you just discovered that you already had.
Guy Gavriel KayWords were power, words tried to change you, to shape bridges of longing that no one could ever really cross.
Guy Gavriel KayThe world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was.
Guy Gavriel KayIt can be hard to write a skillfully entertaining fiction, but a great book wants to be more, and wants more from us.
Guy Gavriel KayWe worshipโฆthe powers that speak to our souls, if it seems they do. We do so knowing there is more to the world, and the half-world, and perhaps worlds beyond, than we can grasp. We always knew that. We canโt even stop children from dying, how would we presume to understand the truth of things? Behind things? Does the presence of one power deny another? [p. 176]
Guy Gavriel Kay