“Only the previous day, Arch had found him in a spirit-dance corral, blistering the creatures to the point of death, such was his need to touch and destroy.”

“If I lived by some code, my actions would become predictable. The enemy would take advantage of this and Id be killed. An honorable death doesnt exist. Death is death. But its funny that survival a...”

“The sudden loss of her father was like living with a wound that would never heal, yet her memories of him were fading more and more every day.”

“Now for God's sake, will you two start behaving like a princess and a Courier?" Halt told them. "If you don't, I'll have to think about sending Will home.''Me?' Will said, his voice breaking into a...”

“Halt eyed them balefully. They were all being so obvious about not mentioning his sudden reappearance that it was even worse than if they had commented on it...'Oh, go on!' he said. 'Somebody say s...”

“Shokaku is a crane of some kind.''For lifting things?' Will asked.'For flying. A crane is a large bird,' she corrected him...'Seems like a logical thing for a crane to do,' Halt mused. 'I suppose y...”

“But suppose the endlessly dead were to wake in us some emblem:they might point to the catkins hangingfrom the empty hazel trees, or direct us to the raindescending on black earth in early spring. ...”

“Life is but a dream for the dead.”

“Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.”

“LIII.What is the holiness of conversation? It isto master death.”

“John Keats / John Keats / John / Please put your scarf on.”

“Trust is like a glass vase, beautiful except there is no way of putting it back together when it breaks.”