“We hope you have found challenge in your path this morning. -- Laniel, Abbot of Bilkar the Furred”

“We hope you have found challenge in your path this morning.” -- Laniel, Abbot of Bilkar the Furred”

“I remembered Nahadoth's lips on my throat and fought to suppress a shudder, only half succeeding. Death as a consequence of lying with a god wasn't something I had considered, but it did not surpri...”

“There was love, a reliable and real love grown in a handful of days, and Tristan did not know why it was: friendship had happened to both of them, on the sudden, completely aside from Tristan's bot...”

“You said the d-word, Owllwin said regretfully. I didnt think you would, or I woulda warned ya. . . . the d-word? Cricket repeated in confusion.Yeah . . . Owllwin paused as if he was glancing around...”

“What you choose to do in this life will surely affect you in the next... Just do good, even when it's very hard to do so. It's your life that's on the line.”

“GET IN" he says, getting in on the driver side. I get in with no questions. Okay. This is a bad movie waiting to happen-I'm getting in a car with a guy I just met today who is keeping secrets from ...”

“What will I do if I find myself with a heart?" "Lose it constantly, I imagine.”

“After a while Luce curled up with her head leaning on a rock, wondering why she wasn't consumed with despair. Instead she felt an inexplicable sense of peace. She was cradled in music. The rocks ar...”