“I decide that we could always indulge ourselves later. First, I had a soul-eating stone of power to poke with a stick.”

“I wouldn't be comfortable, but at least I'd have marginal protection against pointy steel objects that went stab in the night.”

“You wearing a thigh sheath?Now what would be the sense of wearing just one? I have two thighs.”

“I just had his hand in a vise, I protested indignantly. It wasnt like I had a dagger in his ribs. Hand in a vise is simple assault or, in my case, self-defense. Dagger in the ribs is attempted murd...”

“Mychael said the rocks not affecting you, and from what Im seeing Im inclined to agree.I beg to differ.Feeling evil? Justinius asked.No.Having an urge to overthrow governments, kill thousands?No an...”

“If you want romance, fuck a journalist.”

“That's the thing with keeping up appearances, Rose; people will do anything to get one and anything to keep one.”

“I had never seen the end of day and the beginning of the night greet each other. We were caught in the loveliness between the two. A House Like a Lotus”