Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours?

A little truth seasons a lie like salt.

Oh love and hate are two sides of the same blade

To recongnize that the treachery of one member of a house does not taint all born within it

Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by untasted.

I know what you are. I've always known from the beginning, Kushiel's Chosen. It is folly, to make claim on one whom the gods have marked for their own. And unlike the others, I am no fool, to grasp at that which burns to the touch. What you have given..." she raised one hand, palm upward, the garnet seal dangling at her wrist, "... I hold in an open hand.

Some chains are forged for us - those are the hardest to bear.