"I was beginning to understand, a little. “Is that why you’re a usurer?” Madding chuckled. “I prefer the term investor…"

"“They follow the creed of the Bright: that which disturbs the order of society must be eliminated, regardless of whet…"

"It’s all right to need help. All of us have things we can’t do alone."

"When people questioned this, the priests simply said, The world has changed. We must change with it. You can imagine …"

"Very quickly I fell in with others like me—newcomers, dreamers, young people drawn to the city in spite of its danger…"

"There’s not such thing as magic that does no harm."

"“I'm tired of being what everyone else has made me,” I said. “I want to be myself.” “Don’t be a child.” I looked up, …"

"“I will not beg your forgiveness,” she said. Only her voice betrayed her fear; it was not its usual strong, clear ton…"

"Love betrayed has an entirely different sound from hatred outright."

"I knew as well as anyone that the priests taught what they wanted us to know, not necessarily what was true. And some…"