“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...”

“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 schemesbah! This particular detail will not go into our...”

“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...”

“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 ...”

“A man leaves his great house because he's boredWith life at home, and suddenly returns,Finding himself no happier abroad.He rushes off to his villa driving like mad,You'ld think he's going to a hou...”

“A twinge of fear entered Gwenwhyfars heart. It was the first she had heard of the sea farms lying in the path of danger. She wondered what had befallen a different Norseman of her acquaintance. Had...”

“Far, far out on the open sea a platform of stone held firm against the tossing waves. At first sight, it appeared as nothing out of the ordinary, other than that it lay in the middle of nowhere.Tha...”

“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 ...”