It took a while to master the right phrases, but once I got him going, old Gilly—boy—he took to it like a knife to a soft back.Gilly? Hadrian asked, laughing.A pet has to have a name, doesn’t it? Late...
How many tears must we weep? How loud must we cry? How many farewells must we say, for the dead to hear goodbye?
Always remember that the tales of another are never as wondrous as your own.
They came with hardly a warning,thousands both beautiful and terrible;They came on brilliant white horseswearing shining gold and shimmering blue;They came with dragons and whirlwinds,and giants made...
So much in jeopardy—so much at stake—and yet what can a leaf do to influence the wind?
Plotting was the antithesis of doing. The man who sits and schemes continues to sit while others achieve.
Fulfillment comes from striving to succeed, to survive by your own wits and strength. Such things make each of us who we are. Using the blanket, he rubbed his hair. You lose that in captivity, lose yo...
But we are sailors—served on the Endeavor.Are you, now? the ship’s master asked skeptically. Let me see yer hands.The master examined Hadrian’s palms, looking over the various calluses and rough place...
’ Bout time you married someone and stopped tempting every man from here to the Blue Sea, Padera said, slurring the words through toothless gums. You know, wars have started over women like you.Moya...
What's the advantage of fear or the benefit of regret or the bonus of granting misery a foothold even if death is embracing you? My old abbot used to say, Life is only precious if you wish it to be. I...
What kind of meal would you like?Something edible would be a pleasant surprise.
This isn’t over, Merrick replied. DeLancy is dead. You have no idea what that means. The scales are balanced. The demon is unleashed.
The thing about the old is that we never change so much as the young. We slip in degrees, adding rings like trees--a new wrinkle here, a shade less color there, but the young transform like caterpilla...
Sometimes the price of dreams is achieving them
NEVER INTERFERE WITH MELENGAR AGAINBY ORDER OF THE KING… AND US
More valuable than gold, more precious than life, is mercy bestowed upon he who hast not known its soft kiss
You're not going to charge us for the tower, I hope, Hadrian said. But if you are, it was Royce's fault and should come out of his share.
What length will a mother go to on behalf of her child? How long is time? What is the depth of love? —
Usually to make something truly great, you need to start from scratch, Royce remembered him saying. You need to break everything down, strip away the impurities, and it takes great heat to do that, bu...
They came with hardly a warning, Moya said. Hundreds pouring over the chasm, both beautiful and terrible, wearing shining gold and shimmering blue. With them came whirlwinds and giants. Nothing can st...