Go safely. Go safely, she thought to him. what a silly, empty thing it was to say to anyone, anywhere.

...when truths disappear, they leave behind blank spaces, and that is also dangerous.

I don't want to love you if you're only going to die.

In the end, Leck should have stuck to his lies. For it was the truth he almost told that killed him.

I don’t often know who should read what book. It’s a little bit like trying to set people up on a date - a good match is unpredictable and mysterious.

Lady Queen," he said, "You've given me all I want. You're the queen a librarian dreams of.

And is it the way, in these kingdoms you fell from, for a woman to join forces with an unnatural child who's murdered her friend? Or is that expectation unique to you, and your infinitesimal heart?