"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…"

"“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."

"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...regret...what I did. It was wrong. Very wrong. But regret is meaningless."

"“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, …"

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

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