“Ive had enough of this destiny bullshit, OK?”

“Oh, right. I doubt this place has any delicious, fattening fast-food places, and maybe the Imperium doesnt either. Yup, no McDonalds, no Burger King, no Ginos Pizza Dear God, have I made a mistake ...”

“Youre overly hostile, and thats not a good thing. Pulsar, especially, are very controlled in their emotions.So Ive been told, I mutter.Theyre like water: elegant, neutral in all feeling. You, thoug...”

“Youre not like any other keeper Ive met before. Ive seen you two together, and more than anything I see you treat him as a friend. You look at him as an equal. Him he looks at you with hope, and ev...”

“Contrary to what you may think, when OSah told me about kytaen, that Id be meeting one, I didnt picture a pet or a lackey to follow me. I didnt think of a prisoner. I I pictured an ally, a friend, OK?”

“No. You see, the night works differently here than in the human realm, he continues. Duwyn is a world of balance. Good and bad, light and dark both must exist to keep the world in harmony.Oh God, ...”

“Don't cry over someone who wouldn't cry over you.”

“Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happening to you: youre falling to the floor crying ...”

“Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like you don't have any bones left to hold you up.”

“...I gave you painted air - tears I couldn't weep - truths I couldn't speak - all the words that caught in my throat...”

“He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.”

“Prim, let go," I say harshly, because this is upsetting me and I don't want to cry. When they televise the replay of the reapings tonight, everyone will make note of my tears, and I'll be marked as...”