“Most people never think beyond their birth. But if I had contented myself with everyone else's opinions of me, I wouldn't be the man I am today. People like us make our own destinies, Gwenwhyfarand...”

“Should we keep on the lookout for tigers? Kenda asked his guide.Yes, Shahin said, his voice lowering again. They like to pounce from behind. I've been watching our backs ever since we lost the thug...”

“Remember these Romans, Hannibal. For the time being, we must ally with them. But the day will come when we will have our vengeance upon them, as we will upon the demons of Harappa. Never forget tha...”

“You want the world to be perfect, Nedriland that's a noble goal. But the world isn't perfect. It's people like me who give the world the chance to try another day for virtue.”

“For the record, I blame you for this.”“Me?” huffed Shahin. “This was your idea.”“Well...you should have talked me out of it! You and your brilliant schemes—bah! This particular detail will not go i...”

“Should we keep on the lookout for tigers?” Kenda asked his guide.“Yes,” Shahin said, his voice lowering again. “They like to pounce from behind. I've been watching our backs ever since we lost the ...”

“Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms ...”

“It's like a memorial to Atlantis or Lyonesse: these are the stone buoys that mark a drowned world.”

“Lord Tierney was furious. But when he saw how his sister had suffered, his anger shifted instead toward Rome. If it werent for this new menace on the horizon, he thundered, Id declare war on those ...”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”