“He was the heat of a fire and the sweetness of the moon I'd only just met.”
“The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep.”
“Oh, if the moon only had a secret, if the moon only held a truth. But the moon was just the moon.”
“Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.”
“He made me happy. He made me crazy. He made me thank the heavens for the day I'd met him. He made me curse the same heavens for the day I'd met him.”
“Rooster was a bad slave. He had no use for anyone, not even the gods. Not that he was angry at the gods, like some I'd met. He just dismissed them entirely. There were no gods, and that was that.”