“Suddenly feeling overwhelmed, Talon said, 'It doesnt matter. They are all dead.' He felt moisture gathering in his eyes and blinked. 'Its been a while since Ive felt that.'Caleb nodded. 'It never g...”

“why do I want to appear to be drinking more than I am?''Make it a habit. Men in their cups are fools, more often than not. And it can be wise to look the fool at times.”

“Robert had taught him to keep his thoughts in the present or near future, for as Robert had told him, To dwell in the past is to live in regret.”

“Just remember that in most things, right or wrong depends on where youre standing at the moment. My fathers people would have thought having your lifes mate picked out for you by your parents to be...”

“Yes, said Talon, his voice the hiss of a coiled serpent.”

“Good, said Creed. I always like it when a captain has a plan; makes getting killed a lot less random.”

“Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.”

“I knew right then that I wanted to be a part of something that meaningful. I wanted to have something I was so passionate about that I'd be willing to risk everything for it. I wanted to know that ...”

“Do it with passion or not at all.”

“God is all about passion for the possible.”

“Truth is what your contemporaries let you get away with.”

“An outree explanation, violating all our preconceptions, would never pass for a true account of a novelty. We should scratch round industriously till we found something less excentric.”

“The trick, he supposed, was never to lose sight of the theoretical possibility while not for a moment taking the idea remotely seriously.”