"I want to know, for example, why beauty exists," she [Gabrielle] said, "why nature continues to contrive it, and what…"

"Nothing in all the world is so nonsensical and contradictory, save mortals, that is, who live in the grip of the supe…"

"The truth is most women are weak, be they mortal or immortal. But when they are strong, they are absolutely unpredict…"

"We would make our heroes shallow,” he answered, the words very slow and almost sad. “We would make them brittle. It i…"

"Maybe that's what Hell is. You go mad. And all your demons come and get you just as fast as you can think them up."

"Doesn't matter now, devils who paint angels."

"The worst takes its time to come, and then to pass."

"Good? What are you talking about, 'Good'?" "That it's good, that it does some good, that there is good in it! Dear Go…"

"Your quest is for darkness only. This sea is not your sea. The myths of men are not your myths. Men’s treasures are n…"

"To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner."