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"Did they all live happily ever after? They did not. No one ever does in spite of what the stories may say. They had their good days, as you do, and they had their bad days, and you know about those. They had their victories, as you do, and they had their defeats, and you know about those, too."

"But perhaps, in the end, all things worked out for the best. Or perhaps not. That is another thing you must decide for yourself."

"I think that real friendship makes us feel such sweet gratitude, because the world almost always seems like a very hard desert, and the flowers that grow there seem to grow against such high odds."

Peyna: A true King would not be changed by exile; not by prison; not even by torture. A true King would not waste time justifying or explaining. He would simply state his will.

"Thomas discovered two things: guilt and secrets, liked murdered bones, never rest easy, but the knowledge of all three can be lived with."

"That is the story, and sometimes stories tell more than histories, and more quickly, too."