I wanted you to go away, because it hurts to be with you when I can't see you." - Po

Alone with Giddon again, Bitterblue considered him, rather liking the mud streaks on his face. He looked like a handsome sunken rowboat.

...that's how memory works ... Things disappear without your permission, then come back again without your permission.

She would like to restrain from cruelty and receive no admiration for it.

You're the queen, and it's the queen's house, and whatever Brigan may accomplish, he's highly unlikely ever to be queen.

Find something useful to do with your morning,' she thought to him as she neared her chambers. 'Do something heroic in front of an audience. Knock a child into a river while no one's looking and then rescue him.

I’m suspicious of the notion of a single book that would benefit everyone to read.