“A pine needle fell in the forest. The hawk saw it. The deer heard it. The white bear smelled it”

“It was the difference between walking with a stranger and walking with your heartmate. It was the difference between working for duty and working for love.”

“The joy I feel is immense; it burns inside me as though I have swallowed a piece of the sun.”

“It is odd, the twists that life will sometimes take. The ewe that you think will give birth with ease dies bringing forth a two-headed lamb. Or the ski trail that you have been told is treacherous, you navigate easily.”

“East of the sun and west of the moon.”

“That indeed would be a great accolade," Monodonock stuttered, his hands frenziedly plucking at his spikey hair, "but the more I think on it, I believe I should miss my little home in the Blue Stack Mountains too much. And indeed, it is an important posting; you never know when the gabha might start stiring up trouble again...”

“That's the trouble with loving a wild thing: You're always left watching the door.”