"The Radisha kicked over a pile of books. “I’ve never felt so powerless. I don’t like the feeling.” Smoke shrugged. “W…"

"Trouble came only where I expected it, from One-Eye, whose motto is that anything not nailed down is his and anything…"

"“Given time we would have become less than indispensable and you would have started looking around for a way to shaft…"

"That damned rain had a personal grudge. It got no heavier but it never let up. Yet to east and west I saw light that …"

"Never underestimate the power of human ingratitude."

"I was learning that part of a captain’s job is to delegate. Maybe genius lies in choosing the right person for the ri…"

"Willow, if the gods thought half as much of you as you think of yourself, you’d be king of the world."

"The staff came to enquire after my needs. They were revolting in their obsequiousness. A disgusting little part of me…"

"“Truth is a deadly weapon,” Lady said. “Which is why priests and princes dread it,” I said."

"He couldn’t handle what it meant to have somebody in love with you. Running away was the only thing he knew how to do."