“ As the days and weeks and seasons wore on he found himself repeating this nothing, not wanting to. Gradually he came to understand that this particular nothing was all that he could really say now. He… Scott Hawkins
“ I must send you into exile, that you may be the coal of her heart. No real thing can be so perfect as memory, and she will need a perfect thing if she is to survive. She will warm herself on the memor… Scott Hawkins
“ Carolyn – I need you to go back into America. We need an innocent heart. We will offer it to Nobununga when he arrives. Do you think you can handle that?”“An innocent heart? In America?” She hesitated… Scott Hawkins
“ She wanted to burn the whole place to ashes but, at the same time, it would be kind of nice to see it again. Home. Scott Hawkins