“True stories seldom have endings.”

“True stories seldom have endings.I don't want a happy ending, I want more story.”

“No." Mosca bit her lip and shook her head firmly. Books no longer seemed quite enough. I don’t want a happy ending, I want more story.”

“In Mosca’s experience, a ‘long story’ was always a short story someone did not want to tell.”

“Change is necessary and, deny it as we may, in the end change is always inevitable.”

“He has been dying for a very, very, very long time, and his span came to an end as all eras must.”

“Sometimes fear made you angry. Perhaps after years anger cooled, like a sword taken from a forge. Perhaps in the end you were left with something very cold and very sharp.”