“You may return and tell Sun Quan to wash his neck: the executioner is coming.”

“His mouth dips into that freckle on my neck. Thank you, sun. Thank you, thank you, sun.”

“You may come back as soon as your senses have returned.”

“I am the executioner. When the crime is committed and the Lord God does not take vengeance nor does the exalted State move to declare and then to punish, I say when these bitter events happen, then comes the time for the executioner to declare himself or herself as the case may be. I have waited long enough. So the time has come, and I declare myself the executioner. The three criminals are hereby sentenced to death. By fire. By earth. By water.”

“The Executioner shall not have much trouble, for I have a little neck. I shall be known as La Reine Sans Tete”

“May the sun bring you new energy by day, may the moon softly restore you by night, may the rain wash away your worries, may the breeze blow new strength into your being, may you walk gently through the world and know it's beauty all the days of your life.”