I am exceedingly angry for no good reason.

You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read.

A family can be the bane of one's existence. A family can also be most of the meaning of one's existence. I don't know whether my family is bane or meaning, but they have surely gone away and left a large hole in my heart.

The company you keep at death is, of all things, most dependent on chance.

It's the possibility that when you're dead you might still go on hurting that bothers me.

Wars of small kingdoms and forgotten lands, what do chessmen dream of in the dark?

I have faced Death. I have been caught in the wild weed tangles of Her hair, seen the gleam of her jade eyes. I will go when it is time - no choice! - but now I want life.