A little extra forgiveness never hurts," said Matt, quoting one of Celia's favorite sayings.

Always choose your bodyguard from another country, they find it harder to make alliance and betray you.

Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.

I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is.

But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.

Patience and love can do anything.

The other girls in the village never felt restless. Nhamo was like a pot of boiling water. 'I want...I want...,' she whispered to herself, but she didn't know what she wanted and she had no idea how to find it.