Katherine Addison

He remembered the moment when his thoughts had inverted themselves—that shift from not being able to please everyone to not trying—and the way that change had enabled him to see past the maneuverings and histrionics of the representatives to the deeper structures of the problem; it was the same with the Corazhas.

The reminder that other lives had tragedies without reference to his own was both salutary and painful.

Yes, but one cannot prevent change simply by wishing it not to happen.

And she has always gotten very angry at people who won’t play the roles she puts them in.

You are very decisive in your indecision.

She would not be what she is if she had ever had something given her that was a burden equal to her strength.