My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech.

"Can't sleep with a dead man in my closet." "You killed someone?" asked Ben with interest.

The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.

A dominant wolf's desire to protect was a strong instinct- Samuel was very dominant. Give him an inch, and he's take over the world- my life, if I let him. Mercy

The Elders were closer to the Maker of All Things and should be deferred to whenever they made their will known.

Tis the gift to be gentle, ’tis the gift to be fair, ’Tis the gift to wake and breathe the morning air, To walk every day in the path that we choose, Is the gift that we pray we will never never lose.

My will broke at the sound of his voice, and my head turned with as much inevitability as a sunflower turning its face to the sun.