It's hard to wake from a nightmare when the nightmare is real.

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

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

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.

He thinks we're made of money.

If she took Po as her husband, she would be making promises about a future she couldn't yet see. For once she became his wife, she would be his forever. And, no matter how much freedom Po gave her, she would always know that it was a gift. Her freedom would be not be her own; it would be Po's to give or to withhold. That he never would withhold it made no difference. If it did not come from her, it was not really hers.

As he left to answer the call, she heard him exclaiming in wonderment on the rise. "Rocks, Nash. Is that a river mare out there? Do you see her? Have you ever laid eyes on a more gorgeous creature?