“They are conversation-openers in the arcane femine language of Shoe.”

“If love disappeared when we touched the fault-lines, it wouldn't be worth much, would it?”

“Life is too short to cower.”

“There would be a lot fewer of us screwing up the game of life so brilliantly, if there was always a right answer instead of just a best--or even a less bad--answer.”

“So, Ariadne was the babe with the ball of twine and the plan.”

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“It's so much easier to point a finger than to take responsibility yourself, isn't it? Maybe it isn't so simple as this person's fault or that one. Maybe we make up the dance together, as we go along, and no one knows what the result will be.”