“Some things get lost others return. That is how it is: the way of things.”

“What was lost was lost. There was no retrieving it, however you schemed, no returning to how things were, no going back.”

“The pen will never be able to move fast enough to write down every word discovered in the space of memory. Some things have been lost forever, other things will perhaps be remembered again, and still other things have been lost and found and lost again. There is no way to be sure of any this.”

“I liked some things and hated some things. And there were some things I didn’t know I had until I lost them.”

“There are some things that once you've lost, you never get back. Innocence is one. Love is another. I guess childhood is a third.”

“It's been interesting, "Frostpine said casually. "I wanted Daja to get some experience of other smiths'-and other mages'- ways of doing things, if only so she can see mine is best.”