Father taught me a full falcon never comes back. Since that day, I've left a little of my breakfast uneaten, every morning.

• Tulpan AghaOn the steppe, they name a falcon before they ever starve it.
  GulbadaniGive something a name, and you can't let it go. That's why, to this day, Father has never once said a name at all.
• Afzal KhanEven the vizier could learn something from how deftly the princess handles her birds.
  GulbadaniNothing to learn. The vizier's already the one holding the tether.