If I'd been trying to kill him, he'd be dead.

There will be no yelling at people who are bleeding themselves to unconsciousness.

Bitterblue had never seen a man naked, and she was curious. She decided the universe owed her a few minutes, just a few, to satisfy her curiosity. So she went to him and knelt, which shut him up.

She cried like a person whose heart is broken and wondered how, when two people loved each other, there could be such a broken heart.

Teddy grinned again. 'Truths are dangerous,' he said. -'Then why are you writing them in a book?' -'To catch them between the pages,' said Teddy, 'and trap them before they disappear.' -'If they're dangerous, why not let them disappear?' -'Because when truths disappear, they leave behind blank spaces, and that is also dangerous.

My life is an apology for the life of my father.

Perhaps I can stay by the fire and mend your socks and scream if I hear any strange noises.