“In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain why, but I don't know.”

“I don't know what to say. I hate that. I wish I had all the answers for you. I wish I could explain why this happened.”

“why are you ending our engagement then?""Because of the reason you fought it" (The duel)"I don't understand.""I know”

“My lord...I can explain-," Louis-Cesare began, looking less than certain that he could do anything of the kind.Radu held up a hand. "I am sure there is a perfectly good reason why my niece is naked and tied to her bed. I am also equally certain that I do not wish to hear it".”

“I wish- I wish I could dry these tears, I wish I could make this better for you. But I don't know how.”

“I know everything I need to know already," Rigg always said... To which Father always replied,"See how ignorant you are? You don't even know why you need to know the things you don't know yet." "So tell me," said Rigg. "I would but you're too ignorant to understand the reasons why your ignorance is a fatal disease...”