The Narrator (omniscient)

"God can be called many things by many people."

"The body remembers what the mind forgets."

"Small gods require small sacrifices."

"Everything changes, and nothing can stop it."

"The past is just another country and they do things differently there"

"To sleep perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub."

"She was not old. She was ancient."

"The way he looked at her made her feel like she was the only woman in the world."

"History is shaped by small things. Small, invisible things."

"The world broke everyone, and afterward, many were strong at the broken places."

"In the end, we're all just trying to survive."

"She knew that some griefs were too large for words."

"The air itself seemed to hold its breath."

"He was a man undone by his own desires."

"Memory is a curious thing. It distorts as it preserves."

"She carried her loneliness like a stone in her pocket."

"The river knew all their secrets."

"Justice is a luxury they could not afford."

"Some bonds cannot be broken, only frayed."

"The house had absorbed decades of sorrow into its walls."

"He understood that some choices unmake a life."

"Beauty and cruelty often walk hand in hand."