Love Is A Christian Word, Anjin-san. Love

Anger Is Something You Should Only Vent In Front Of Intimates, And Friends And Relations. Never Be Angry In Front Of Strangers Because You Lose Face.

You've Commited Murder Just As Much As Helene Did. You Killed A Fly With A Human Head. She Killed A Human With A Fly Head.

Christ, It's So Good To Be Alive.

All Stories Have A Beginning, A Middle And An Ending, And If They're Any Good, The Ending Is A Beginning.

Blackthorne, Beside The Gates, Was Still Turmoiled By His Boundless Joy At Her Reprieve And He Remembered How His Own Will Had Been Stretched That Night Of His Near-seppuku, When He Had Had To Get Up As A Man And Walk Home As A Man Unsupported, And Became Samurai. And He Watched Her, Despising The Need For This Courage, Yet Understanding It, Even Honoring It.