“For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always. These events, so distant in legend, play a part in shaping the very events we witness about us, each and every day.”

“I can see patterns in events, and behaviors; in mathematics, I follow slower”

“Our eyes met. We had so very many shared memories between us, Bao and I. Some were wonderous, and some were terrible. Some were both.”

“I would that I could have stopped time and preserved that day forever. It was a perfect day. There was the shadow of sorrow, yes. It would always be there. But that was the nature of life. The bright mirror and the dark, reflecting one another. And today there was so much brightness.”

“The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.”

“We are alike, Joscelin and I, in that what we do, we do very well.”

“We speak of stories ending, when in truth it is we who end. The stories go on and on.”