Ro trails his hands against the wall as he walks. The archivists look at him as he passes. Ro is good at irritating people; he'll find the one thing you don't want him to do, and do it every time. It's one of his many gifts.

All that destiny garbage. Nobody can decide what happens to you. Nobody but you.

There are more reasons for people's actions than the number of actions that are actually set in motion.

He saved the world, but he shattered mine.

I haven't left a mark on the world, but is that so bad? Considering how deeply the world has marked me?

Ant Prune was holding one of the squirrels in her hand. ‘And once a day, we have ta clean their little private parts with a Q-tip, so they'll learn ta clean themselves.' That was a visual I didn't need

I am powerful because of who and what I am. Not because of who I am not.