“How strange to read of a place in a book, and then stand on it, listen to the birds sing, and spit on the cobbles if you want.”

“You just read your books and go on a hundred miles away, You ignore me.”

“People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.”

“Lusa turned to Crys, her eyes shining. "That was a luna."Crys shrugged. "So?""So? So what? You want it should sing, too?”

“I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I'd written.”

“...we sang in church "Tata Nzolo"! Which means Father in Heaven or Father of Fish Bait depending on just how you sing it, and that pretty well summed up my quandry.”

“This came as a strange letdown, to see how the game always went to those who knew the rules without understanding the lesson.”