“Some men are not capable of learning anything that does not agree with their own opinions.”

“Almost anything can be managed if one simply goes about it properly.”

“The sea is made of salt tears we say and the waves are made of the griefs of men but I am sorry so many should fall upon you.”

“The grief doesn't go away, ... "But you...get used to it, you know? It's like carrying a heavy stone, one that's really too heavy for you: you learn to settle the weight properly, and then you get used to it, and then sometimes you can forget you're carrying it.”

“When we endure loss, the past reaches out to grip us from behind, but it's not wrong to turn your face forward.”

“A threat you will not carry out is no threat.”

“Trei did not stay to look out at the city, but went to find his cousin. He went smiling, and with a lightness to his step almost as though he were flying, for he felt at last that he had, indeed come home.”