“Nobody knew what it was like to be torn between what it meant to be human and what it meant to be Pack better than me.”
“Tallennar. I knew what it meant. It meant thief. Well, that was all right. Because a thief really was a lot like a wizard.”
“Nobody was ever meant to remember or invent what he did with every cent. ”
“What is meant to be heard is necessarily more direct in expression, and perhaps more boldly coloured, than what is meant for the reader.”
“He said, “Charlie isn’t like us, you know?” and I knew what he meant, but somehow it was that not-like-us that made me love Charlie more.”
“I knew then what harmony meant: what belonging was. Just like a raindrop joining in the fun at the big river. I was the little raindrop, and she was the river.”