One cannot apologize for one's nature.

When you are in pain, a moment is an eternity.

You are stronger than me," Asa says. "And in bravery and strength, there is a kind of beauty.

One cannot apologize for one's nature.

In life, the hardest decisions often have to be made more than once. But each time, it gets easier.

Clockwork could not run counter to its nature. The seconds, minutes, and hours moved only forward. Patient, precise, and unstoppable. Memory was an indulgence, an illusion that broke like a wave upon the juggernaut of time. The past remained the past.

You can never trust anyone once you've had to trap them in a cage.