There are some people, she says, not many, who have within them the power to change things. The courage to act in the service of somethin greater than themselves.

How can you make light of it? I says. What should I do? She says. Cry fer the rest of my life? Molly of the Many Sorrows?…You got battle scars. This is mine, she says....

This might not mean much to you right now, but fer what it’s worth, I’ll tell you. Maybe I know better’n most. Life ain’t black an white. People ain’t neether. Family, friends, lovers. It’s all...

Sometimes the strong give birth to the weak. An sometimes the weak grow to be strong

It’s always bin a bloody world, she says. Only nowadays, some people’s blood is better than others.

We like to think we’re in charge of our own lives, but we ain’t.

I laugh. Yer crazy, I says.I was fine till I met you, he says.

Well, we all gotta die. You jest gotta hope you die good.

I weep fer the livin. I weep fer the dead. I weep fer the yet to be born.

But tears don’t bring back the dead. I learned that.

Ever heard of the rule of three? he shouts as we run.No!If you save somebody’s life three times, their life belongs to you. You saved my life today, that makes once. Save it twice more...

There’s some wounds that run too deep to be seen. They’re the most dangerous.

Love makes you weak.

Marry me, he says. I got all my own teeth, I wash twice a year an I’ll cut you in fer half the business here.

Lugh goes first always first an I follow on behind. An that’s fine. That’s right. That’s how it’s meant to be.

Don’t give in to fear. Be strong, like i know you are. An never give up, d’you unnerstand, never. No matter what happens.I stare at him.I won’t, I says. I ain’t no quitter, Pa.That’s my...

You got no idea, do you? You got no idea how beautiful you are.

Wisdom ain’t a virtue I ever aspired to.

Maybe I did mean to kill myself. I didn’t think it outright but…maybe the truth is, I didn’t–I don’t–much care one way or th’other.

I ain’t never seen a creature like that before, she says. He’s so smart, he’s-More, like a person than a bird? I says.Yeah, she says. That’s it.Whatever you do, I says, don’t tell him that....

You look at me with them eyes of yers, an I look at yer lips… an all I can think about is what it’ud be like to kiss you.

Fer in our dreams we find ourselves. Who we were. Who we are. Who we can become. Sleep. Dream.

The mask’s back in place. The heard-it-all smile. The seen-it-all eyes.