“We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living.”

“Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are!”

“There will be danger; some of you may not live to complete your lessons. It's a risk you take. This world is bigger than you and it will go on, regardless.”

“Some of our old ways are better forgotten, but not all of them.”

“Funny how all things people don’t understand seem to be ‘cursed’.”

“Though I knew I shouldn’t have cared, the words still hurt like pinches, and pinches can be very painful when done in the same place many times in a row.”

“Life was out there and death was, too. I feared both now.”