I don’t know, said Diana. I gave up a long time ago trying to decide whether we’re ever ourselves or are only playing roles. And who could tell which the role was, the passionate kisser or the ruthles...
First and foremost, any great empire thrives on movement: stable lines of supply, of trade, of information. This movement must be unobstructed for officials on imperial business, and monitored and res...
But you will die in any case, Ilyakoria. What good is everlasting fame to a man if he dies unloved?
But if the gods only cursed us, then we would hate them. And if they only blessed us, then—well, then we’d care nothing for their laws because we’d respect nothing but our own pleasure.
As he takes his place I know that just as the crowd sees him and his sister standing on either side of their cousin, reminding everyone they are royal cousins, the crowd also sees me within arm’s reac...
And once you saw the world from three, or five, different roads, the view was never the same. The map changed and altered, and its details became more accurate. The landmarks receded or grew, dependin...
A man gets used to riding on at the break of day. Comes to think that movement and noise is where life is, when after all there's life in stillness and quiet too.
We make ourselves into the net that we throw across the ocean
There’s an old saying: ‘be careful what you wish for; you might get it.’ Oh, gods. A quaver shook Ilya’s voice. The bargains we make with the gods never fall out as we think they will.
Then he strode toward me as if certain I was about to bolt and he must catch me before I did so.
No one can fall in love at first sight. Love is built over years, not snapped into existence like a flame that can be as easily extinguished.
If one does not hope one will not find the unhoped for, since there is no trail leading to it, and no path. —HERACLEITUS OF EPHESUS
I believe that there is truth to be found inside every person, but that very few people find it because it is dark inside, and deeply hidden, and the trees grow thickly.
He laughed. But I love to ride, just as—as fire loves to burn. I love to see the mountains in the winter, the sea and the northern hills in the summer. Would you live forever in one place, never seein...
From the table, far enough away that they thought I couldn’t hear, Bintou whispered to Wasa, I can’t believe she talks to him like that! I’m going to learn to talk like that! murmured Wasa. I can’t ru...
Coming onstage for her first entrance, Diana felt transported to some ancient scene. They could have been any group of itinerant actors out making their way along the Silk Road, the famous Earth trade...
But aren’t all of us like a fine weaving? The pattern the world sees often hides the threads. Tess
Words flooded like the storm's surge in a wild burst of anger that took me utterly by surprise.
Where do I start? Revolutions to plot. Enemies to crush. Handsome men to rescue.
There's no secret to winning. Act boldly when you need to, and be cautious when you must.