“i mean, heather said, our bodies are just these things that we float around in. it's not like they belong to anyone”

“We are not just visitors on this planet, it belongs to us just as we belong to her, its past is ours, so is its future.”

“I don't know if mama was right, that we each have a destiny, or if if was Lt Dan, that we are all just floating around, accidental, like on a breeze, but I think... I think... maybe... it's both happening at the same time.”

“It's strange, isn't it, how the idea of belonging to someone can sound so great? It can be comforting, the way it makes things decided. We like the thought of being held, until it's too tight. We like that certainty, until it means there's no way out. And we like being his, until we realize we're not ours anymore.”

“But we don't do things like that!" said Vimes. "You can't go around arresting the Thieves' Guild. I mean, we'd be at it all day!”

“She said things and I nodded. I didn't pay attention. She didn't pay attention to me. We floated through our days in that way.”