There were events that stuck in my mind. One, for example, was the case of the missing palace seal at the beginning of winter.’ ‘Oh the poor animal,’ she cried out, ‘they’re such beautiful creatures.’ ‘I’m speaking of the royal seal placed on correspondence, as you would know,’ he said.

You blame me for this, don't you?" he says. "I don't need to. You're doing a better job.

Comfort zones are overrated. They make you lazy.

I’m frightened that one morning there will not be enough to keep me going.

That someone can want something out of another person who gives absolutely nothing in return astounds me.

Froi heard Zabat's voice echo over and over again throughout the gorge. Wonderful. The gods had found a way of multiplying the idiot's voice.

He came third in the state for woodwork,” Francesca explains. “We actually had to be proud of him for a whole week. Tough times.