Everyone had told him to be strong for her, but Finnikin didn't know how to be strong for himself.

It's not that I like you least [...] it's that I feared you most. The reginita taught me to like you. There was a strange joy to her that lifted my spirits. But you, Quintana of Charyn, you made me love you.

What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?" "Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand.

Because today, I think I'm leaning on the side of wonder.

Maybe she'd always been there. Maybe strangers enter your heart first and then you spent the rest of your life searching for them.

The string slices into the skin of his fingers and no matter how tough the calluses, it tears. But this beat is fast and even though his joints are aching, his arm's out of control like it has a mind of its own and the sweat tat drenches his hair and face seems to smother him, but nothing's going to stop Tom. He;s aiming for oblivion.

But then Froi looked back to where his work lay unfinished and it made him sad because there had been something about the touch of earth in his hands that made him feel worthwhile.