“If her enemies were Brigan's friends and her friends were Brigan's enemies, then the two of them could walk through the world arm in arm and never be hit by arrows again.”

“Perhaps I can stay by the fire and mend your socks and scream if I hear any strange noises.”

“Brigan was saying her name, and he was sending her a feeling. It was courage and strength, and something else too, as if he were standing with her, as if he'd taken her within himself, letti...”

“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.”

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