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

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

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.

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

An outlier does not lack knowledge but has the interdisciplinary understanding to see things differently.

My sister keeps me grounded.

Nothing is concealed from the wise and sensible, while the unbelieving and unworthy cannot learn the secrets.

Yeah, but going by that cold tone of voice, she had to wonder whether the best-laid plans of mice and vampires, blah, blah, blah...

In hell, all the messages you ever left on answering machines will be played back to you.

God forgive me everything!' she said, feeling the impossibility of struggling.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods.

I'm not the kind of guy who's taking advantage of my position.

King Mickey- "Even in the Darkest of Darkness, there is always a Light".

You can't raise a happy, more resilient kid if you're not a happy, more resilient adult.