It has been a hard lesson to learn, that greatness requires suffering.

Part of avoiding thoughts about something was not encouraging opportunities for that something to makes itself felt.

Katsa turned to Po with tears in her eyes. 'He'll be so angry.' 'He won't stay angry forever.' 'Won't he?' she said. 'People do sometimes.' 'Do they?' he said. 'Reasonable people? I hope that's not true.' Katsa gave him a funny look, but didn't answer. Resumed hugging herself and kicking things.

It was a very hard thing to have crushed the heart, and the hopes, of a friend.

Things don't ever stay the same. Natural beginnings come to natural or unnatural ends.

Wonderful," Garan grumbled when he'd gone. "We'll grow a reputation for our kindness to lawbreakers.

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