“Grimspace is a bitch mistress who carries unearthly delight in one hand and a crop in the other.”

“She reaches for me then, angry in her tenderness as only Dina can be. "Not as a navigator, you dumb bitch.”

“She carries chaos like an overcoat.”

“He would bear scars because of me, as I carried them for him.”

“Does changing for the better absolve you of all the wicked shit you did before?No. March fills my head like a warm glow. Instead you receive the twin delights of guilt and regret.”

“. . . and I don’t expect him to suborn his life into mine any more than I would change my dreams for him. We’re not one soul, one being, however much we love each other.”

“Maybe I was just one of those people who couldn't rest easy unless things went catastrophically wrong.”