“ Being ignorant is truly bliss compared to being misinformed, especially if you’re aware of the depths of your own ignorance. S.M. Stirling
“ It was hard, to be stripped of the cold comforts of her simple atheistic faith in middle-age. The more so as the evidence seemed to lead to the conclusion that the religions were true, including the… S.M. Stirling
“ Clan custom and law held that it was the public declaration of intent and then living together that made a handfasting; the ceremonies simply bore witness to it and asked blessings and luck of the Pow… S.M. Stirling
“ Be your own judge. But commit no trespass, remembering that where another's liberty begins your own inevitably meets its boundary. S.M. Stirling
“ Be as you wish to seem, an ancient had said. It was good advice. Because acting brave and being so are very much the same thing. S.M. Stirling
“ What was it Da said? Órlaith thought grimly. Yes, that it’s a great pity that fighting evil starts with killing evil’s conscripted farmers. S.M. Stirling
“ Ah, well, old girl, remember the definition of an Anglo-Saxon: A German who's forgotten his grandmother was Welsh. S.M. Stirling
“ You can learn by listening, or by getting whacked between the eyes with a two-by-four. I always found listening easier. S.M. Stirling
“ Wholly homelike was the wedge of apple pie with whipped cream, and a piece of yellow cheese beside it, sharp and dry and crumbly, just right to cut the rich sweetness of the pie filling and the butter… S.M. Stirling
“ Who dares, wins, he muttered to himself. Or gets royally banged about if things go south. S.M. Stirling
“ Oh Powers of Earth and Sky, what is it that you’ve brought back, to run wild once more upon the ridge of the world? S.M. Stirling
“ I really know the implications, and you don’t. We’re not talking about a better breed of catapults or . . . or D&D hit levels. S.M. Stirling
“ He was of the Old Religion, like nearly all Mackenzies, and wouldn't object to a Catholic ceremony - his faith taught that all paths to the Divine were valid. Christians tended to be a little more exc… S.M. Stirling
