“Gavin! Whatll I wear home?Cloak. His voice roughened and he ripped harder, tossing the material to the ground. I felt his smile when he kissed my neck, and shivers ran down my back at the sound of ...”

“Joels face swam across my vision and I blinked, goose bumps running up my arms. I shook his memory away, determined to stay focused, although my heart caved at the thought of his last words to us, ...”

“Samiras guards are coming for you. Youre being summoned. Didnt you hear the horn? Come on, theyll be here any second looking for you. I bit my lip to hold back a smile of my own at why we hadnt hea...”

“Gavin, I never thought youd be the irrational one in this relationship, but Im happy to report that youve just thoroughly shocked me. He rolled to his side to lean on his arm, keeping my hand resti...”

“I saw it in his eyes, firstthe beginning of the end, the beginning of things to come. The blackest night, they cut into me, paralyzing my trembling body. Not even the gods could sense my fear now, ...”

“Gavin turned us to face Josh, a satisfied grin springing up when he noticed the condition of Joshs clothes. Thanks for the last-minute invitation, man. Josh chuckled, patting Gavin on the shoulder...”

“Sibyl, what do you want?I want to live, the Sibyl said, and her voice rang rich and full. I want to keep on living forever and watching heroes and fools and knights go up and down, into the world a...”

“When God is driven to the periphery of the public square, the human spiritual capacity longs for exercise, and it often finds it in the suspension of disbelief and activity of the imagination that ...”

“When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it.”

“Neither spoke, but lat silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some ...”

“If in any quest for magic, in any search for sorcery, witchery, legerdemain, first check the human spirit.”

“It may be laid down as a general rule that if a man begins to sing, no one will take any notice of his song except his fellow human beings. This is true even if his song is surpassingly beautiful. ...”

“Magic or nature, they were much the same thing to Magnus.”