“Life is not about reward and punishment,” said Xuen. “It is about understanding, accepting who oneself is right now, in order to know what to change, and how.”
“How have you managed to survive for so long, Saurfang? Not fallen victim to your own memories?” Saurfang smiled. “I don’t eat pork.”
“Cooperation was possible; he’d seen it. Every individual was unique—and could grow.”
“All nights end, and all storms clear. The only storms that last are those within your own soul.”
“Such was the way of the discontented. No proof, no explanation or reason would ever be enough to disabuse them of tightly held, deeply cherished grievances.”
“He stabbed a sharp-nailed digit in the direction of the Shattered Straits,”
“shape about the size of a large dog hovering a few yards over his head.”
“And in whatever afterlife your precious Light grants you, your parents will wish Queen Tiffin had miscarried.”
“Thus is the blessing of Chi-Ji,” the crane said. “No more shall die this day. Take this second chance, and use it wisely.”
“Wishes do not a world make. We do the best we can where we are, every minute, every breath. We make mistakes, and we have to live with them. We try to learn from them. And that is all we can do.”
“I feel claimed and bonded to him like animals do. I feel like I've already been caught and trapped and he's merely priming me, leaving me to simmer in my juices, anxiously waiting for the moment when he takes his first bite of me.”
“But there was not a police car in sight. Sure, Tracy thought in disgust. They’re never around when you need them.”
“Day One of my life was the day I met you.”
“Then there were those girls who became midwives: girls who could not get enough of the tiniest of babies - girls who would grow into women who absolutely reveled in the magnificent process of birth...The difference between a woman who becomes an OB and the women who becomes and midwife has less to do with education, philosophy or upbringing than with the depth of her appreciation for the miracle of labor and for life in its moment of emergence.”
“I've had the blues for twenty-four years.”
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