“That is why the stone is so dangerous, Nabrie, said Dart. I would not see you too fall victim to its powers. Let us only hope that Fireskin has truly purified the stone, and not merely intensified ...”

“She could hardly believe what she was hearing. How could the man who had taken her from her homethe person she had trusted with her safety, her life, her whole futuresuddenly abandon her, and expec...”

“You must learn that nobody can control everything in the flow of life, said Dart. Control is something we all strive forbut you will find, as you become more experienced with magic, that you gain m...”

“You must learn that nobody can control everything in the flow of life,” said Dart. “Control is something we all strive for—but you will find, as you become more experienced with magic, that you gai...”

“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.”

“In his stupor, the forest had begun to change. The sounds were confusing, his eyes blurring in his exhaustion. He tugged another branch out of the way, gasping as a jagged twig poked through the pa...”

“Could be. Im a pretty dangerous dude when Im cornered.Yeah, said the voice from under the table, you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel.”

“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.”