“His distress and pleasure mixed and married, giving birth to several anxious children.”

“I think the true ascent of man, the moment when humans divided irrevobably from apes and other fellow creatures, occurred with the birth of the first distinct soul. And much happiness ensued.”

“...he had found the courage once in his life to seize a chance at love from a person who knew how to give it. Lena prayed on these two moons that she would find that same courage.”

“d it was true she experienced even the strongest pleasures and poignancies down pretty deep. They tended not to make it all the way up to her face. [Lena]”

“Luck never gives; it lends.”

“Something about giving in without a fight felt wrong.”

“but it was hard to give the real world much notice when he was this close.”