“If you had not been broken, then you would never have known you were blessed.”
“And yet.. even if you had been right, it would only have been by accident. A broken clock is right two times a day.”
“If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not.”
“I never meant to hurt you, Isabel. Had I known what I would find when I came north, I would never have agreed to Leighton's request... That is a lie. Had I known that I would find you when I came north, I would have come years ago.”
“You have never been poor, and never known what ambition is.”
“Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.”