I lied.

“But there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and …”

“As a ten-year-old boy, the Thief of Eddis could stop a grown man in his tracks …”

“I inherited this country when I was only a child, Nahuseresh. I have held it. I…”

“I knew I would be in the story somewhere," Eugenides interjected."Oh no," said …”