“He wondered if he might be in love, but realized it was far more likely he was dying.”

“Now that the real and the imagined had collided, he wondered if she, like he, longed for the past, for the normal. He wondered if normalcy was something, like vision or silence, you didn't realize was precious until you lost it.”

“In this place they knew him and were aware of how hard he had to strain. He would rather be among strangers who might possibly be more like himself. There had to be such people—perhaps far, far away. And there he would be able to learn more easily how to be fast.”

“Heigh-dy! Heigh-dy!
Misery me, lack-a-day-dee!
He sipped no sup, and he craved no crumb,
As he sighed for the love of a ladye!”

“As he bent closer, he realized they were words -- words his wife had carved into the cave ice with the last of her dying strength. As he read them, he felt them like three hard blows in the stomach.
KILL THE CHILD”

“He wondered if normalcy was something, like vision or silence, you didn't realize was precious until you lost it.”

“What was it like, he wondered, to care about something so passionately? He suspected it made her somehow more alive than he was.”

“The more man learned, the more he realized he did not know.”

“Suddenly Ka realized he was in love with İpek. And realizing that this love would determine the rest of his life, he was filled with dread.”

“I wonder what [Obama's] record would be like so far if he weren't such a fierce advocate for gay rights?”