"Chan’s heart knew only greed, but there was within him enough intelligence to wonder before a man who could see all t…"

"Yes, a woman makes a fine weapon in capable hands...slim and supple as a sword blade...and a blade to which no man’s …"

"Theological disputations are a favorite hobby of mine, but even the most eloquent and learned disputant finds his abi…"

"He would teach them the rudiments of the rather complicated Oolimarine religious system, but so far he was still sket…"

"Love, it seems, has its own arguments which are so potent that cool Reason can seldom, if ever, prevail."

"“And how do you feel?” the Prince asked in a smooth voice. “Better than you look,” Thane grunted."

"“I don’t understand what you mean,” I confessed in a baffled tone. Niamh gave me a long, cool, faintly amused glance.…"

"He was reluctantly forced to conclude that his sanity was unshaken."

"Lux forced grief from his mind, thinking grimly of revenge."

"What use to covet loot, when even stars must die?"