“You untangle a knot with slow teasing, not sharp pulling, and believe me we have here a knot such as I have never seen. But I will unpick it. I will.”

“I know why writers write- they write to untangle the knots in their hearts.”

“Long ago in China, knot-makers tied string into buttons and frogs, and rope into bell pulls. There was one knot so complicated that it blinded the knot-maker. Finally an emperor outlawed this cruel knot, and the nobles could not order it anymore. If I had lived in China, I would have been an outlaw knot-maker.”

“O time, thou must untangle this, not I.It is too hard a knot for me t'untie.”

“I swear to God," she muttered, fighting a laugh, "if you've dusted me with blue, I'll tie your balls in a knot and hang you up by them on the nearest sharp object I see.”

“With knot of one, the spell's begun.With knot of two, the spell be true.With knot of three, the spell is free.With knot of four, the power is stored.With knot of five, the spell with thrive.With knot of six, this spell I fix.”