Every configuration of people is an entirely new universe unto itself..

Saf keeps a vast range of bullies on hand at all times..

I don't want to love you if you're only going to die..

Ideas were growing in all directions and dimensions; they were becoming a sculpture, or a castle. And then everyone left her, to return to their own ….

I told you before, Katsa. I won't fight when you're angry. I won't solve a disagreement between us with blows." He lifted the ice and fingered his ja….

Then she marched to the pillows and beat them mercilessly until they lay puffed out like obedient clouds..

But all I feel is impatience, fury for the opposition I anticipate and the lies I'm going to have to tell to make it happen, and frustration that I c….

I'm not such a bad fighter myself," Skye said. Po exploded with laughter. "Oh, fight him, Katsa. Please fight him. I can't imagine a more entertainin….

Please, Katsa," he finally said. "At least talk to me". She swung around to face him. "What it there to talk about? You know how I feel, and what I t….

He laughed. "I know you're teasing me. And you should know I'm not easily humiliated. You may hunt for my food, and pound me every time we fight, and….

Things don't ever stay the same. Natural beginnings come to natural or unnatural ends..

She didn't want to go far, just out of the trees so she could see the stars. They always eased her loneliness. She thought of them as beautiful creat….

I'll teach you how to defend yourself, how to maim a man. We can use Po as a model.' 'Wonderful,' Po said. 'It's quite boring really, the way you bea….

It hurt her eyes, almost, Ror City; and it didn't surprise her that Po should come from a place that shone..

Now we just need to find someone who is close to the king but is really a spy for Mydogg." "That should be easy. I could probably shoot an arrow out ….

Maybe it was for the best that she'd been so foolish, for if she'd known how hard this would be, perhaps she wouldn't have done it..

I wouldn't marry Giddon to save my life," Katsa said. "Not even to save yours." "Well." Raffin's eyes were full of laughter. "I'd leave that part out..

Katsa and Po were trying to drown each other and, judging from their hoots of laughter, enjoying it immensely..

Great! He has indigestion, so let's torture him with cake..

What are you grinning at?" Katsa demanded for the third or fourth time. "Is the ceiling about to cave in on my head or something? You look like we're….

For a group of people who claimed to be concerned for her safety, they did seem to have developed rather a habit of encouraging uprisings against mon….