“The midwife considers the miracle of childbirth as normal, and leaves it alone unless there's trouble. The obstetrician normally sees childbirth as trouble; if he leaves it alone, it's a miracle.”

“I know that character exists from the outside alone. I know that inside the body there's just temperature.”

“Childbirth is normal until proven otherwise.”

“To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.”

“Normality wasn't normal. It couldn't be. If normality were normal, everybody could leave it alone. They could sit back and let normality manifest itself.”

“Isia stepped forward. "Yes, sir. I know." Holding his fine brilliant wings above his body, he stood in front of us with his luminous lidless eyes full upon us. "I'm sorry to leave you. We've shared a lot together, and you have loved me even when I was ugly. But we'll see each other. Good-bye.”

“A good wife would have sorted him out and put him on the right road..." There comes that right road again. I wonder where it is? Imogen thought”