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

The more I see and hear, the more I realize how much I don't know.

I'd like to restrain from cruelity and not be thanked." ~ Katsa

Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder, and Randa didn't deserve it. And even though she wanted what the voice wanted, she didn't think she had the courage for it.

Dear Brigan, she thought to herself. People want incongruous, impossible things. Horses do, too.

It humbles me, but it doesn't humiliate me.

Suddenly Po shot into the courtyard from the north vestibule whooping. Katsa, seeing him, broke into a run and they tore at each other through the wash. Just before the moment of impact, Po shifted to one side, crouched, scooped Katsa up, and, with admirable precision, propelled them both sideways into the pool. ... Katsa and Po were trying to drown each other and, judging from their hoots of laughter, enjoying it immensely.