Ani told them all...telling more than needed telling, the stories clarifying and unifying themselves in her mind as she let them spill out of her mouth.

Sometimes one does not mean to fall in love. Sometimes it just happens

No small thing, a bee's sting When it enters the heart Not so benign, the growing vine When it tears stone apart

Get back in my cot, girl," said Gilsa. "You're sickly." No, I'm not," said Ani. Oh, no? Well, maybe stubbornness is a sickness, did you ever think of that?

She was born Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, and she did not open her eyes for three days.

What should I say? That I like him so much it hurts?

...all things speak, in their way, don't they?