“Welcome to the resistance, Lena,' he whispers to me. 'I'll try to make this quick.”
“Come with me. It's so much better than coming alone.(Lucan whispered to Lena)”
“If he's forgotten me, I'll make him remember me. I'll make him want me again.”
“Vaclav has said goodnight to Lena every night since the night she went away. Out loud. In a whisper. [...] He filled the words with all his love and care and worry for Lena and launched them out to her, and like homing pigeons, he trusted them to find her.”
“If you come back to me, I'll never leave you", I whispered into the furry ear. "I'll make you all the pies you could ever eat.”
“As the boy looked at it, my thing moved and he whispered "It is splendid! Do let me try its love-making" ...And I was too polite to disobey.”