“What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.”

“Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the "fun" of teasing girls, just to get noticed”

“What kind of god or goddess places a limit on love?”

“They memorize everything and learn... nothing.”

“What color was the scorpion? I remembered the question Henenu had asked me years ago. The answer was vital: brown scorpions didn't have the power to kill humans, but white ones did.'Brown.' He summoned up a wobbly smile. 'Not very big, either. I shouldn't be carrying on like this. You'll think I'm a child.''Not many children know the kind of words you were using,' I replied dryly.”

“If we don't see to it that our children turn out better than we did, what will become of the world?”

“White as ash, her face, but ashes hold the phantoms of fires.”