“Fear and pain can only touch you if you let them.”

“Embrace the pain, Sharum.”

“To shift a few grains of sand is no more a sign of great strength than to see the sun a sign of great sight. There is no glory in dominating the weak.”

“Why are you doing this? Amanvah whispered, her accent thick like her mothers, but every word clear. My mother would not be so kind to one who tried to poison her.Nor would mine, but we are not our ...”

“All men are brothers in the night.”

“He feared no challenger face-to-face, but war was deception, as Khevat had taught him, and not all men fought their enemies with spear and fist.”

“Can’t trust no one else to do what you won’t do for yourself.”

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”

“Trust starts with truth and ends with truth.”

“And an unaware witch means a witch who doesn't know she's a witch, and because she's a women that makes her double trouble. Never trust a women." My mothers a women," I said, suddenly feeling a lit...”