“Then perhaps you dont need it. I think the scar gives you character, even if it does mar those pretty tattoos. Would make for great tavern stories if you didnt cover it. Neferre laughed flatly and...”

“Return me safely to my home, the princess said, and I shall reward you with your weight in eggs. Olorun snorted derisively. Youre joking, right? The womans eyes flitted in embarrassment. Now wait ...”

“Kimaria smirked and placed her hands behind her back. Come now. It doesnt have to come to that. Violence is so beneath us. No, it isnt, said Helianthus at once.Well . . . it is beneath me, the high...”

“Verne frowned. Calm down. Dont exert yourself in your condition. Salen looked at Verne in amazement. Dont exert --! My dear woman, we are all about to die! I dont think it damn well matters if I sh...”

“Helianthus snorted. Olorun is like his mother: he will only change as the face of a rock changes. But . . . I think he missed you.”

“Neferre swallowed hard. The elder used to tell stories of dark places in dark times, she said, picking the needle through with black nails, when the winters were endless and the sun fell cold acros...”

“I hate going through this when we just found...," his voice trailed off."Found what?""Each other," he finished, half-smiling.”

“The Elven people believe that preservation of the land and all that lives and grows upon it, plant and animal alike, is a moral responsibility. They have always held this belief foremost in their c...”

“Whatever hypnotizing charms I may have over boys, did not in fact work on three hundred pound girl elves. Not that I would ever try it again.”

“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.”

“What you choose to do in this life will surely affect you in the next... Just do good, even when it's very hard to do so. It's your life that's on the line.”

“GET IN" he says, getting in on the driver side. I get in with no questions. Okay. This is a bad movie waiting to happen-I'm getting in a car with a guy I just met today who is keeping secrets from ...”

“What will I do if I find myself with a heart?" "Lose it constantly, I imagine.”