I want to have the heart and mind of a queen, ” she whispered. “I want it more than anything. But I’m only pretending. I can’t find the feeling of it inside

Every configuration of people is an entirely new universe unto itself.

Katsa and Po were trying to drown each other and, judging from their hoots of laughter, enjoying it immensely.

Sneaking was a kind of deceit. So was disguise. Just past midnight, wearing dark trousers and Fox's hood, the queen snuck out of her own rooms and stepped into a world of stories and lies.

I don't understand your book. Isn't every book a book of words?

Our own story is even more important for us to know than history.

Only a person with the true heart of a dictionary-writer would be lying in bed, three days after being stabbed in the gut, worrying about his P's.

Truths are dangerous, " he said."Then why are you writing them in a book?""To catch them between the pages, " said Teddy, "and trap them before they disappear.

But that's how memory works, " Bitterblue said quietly. "Things disappear without your permission, then come back again without your permission." And sometimes they came back incomplete and warped.

That's interesting, " Bitterblue said. "You think a conscience requires fear?

It was starting to seem to her that being "forward-thinking" too often involved avoiding any kind of thought at all - especially about things that might benefit from a great deal of thinking.

Gimme an honest frown over a false smile, any day.

Sometimes, you have to make the choice to forgive 10 times a day when you have these pockets of anger come up. That's a lot of work, but to me it's worthwhile.

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.

If you don't have your own goals, you'll be doomed to work toward someone else's.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner. All is well.

Because our consciousness is tied to the physical manifestation of reality, we are tied to the belief in separation.

One thing I agree with Donald Trump on is, there's something going on in the Muslim world.

If you're looking for happiness in things, you'll never find it.

Where humans are concerned, the only emotion that made sense was wonder, at their ability to endure.