"Nobody ever gained anything by playing chess with himself."

"The silence was deep, yet it was the sort of restful, contemplative silence befitting and peculiar to a library."

"The truth lay on him like the rubble of a landslide."

"This look into the far future has lightened my heart. Simply to know that there is a future is somehow reassuring."

"The desire to rule, to dictate, is born of nothing but contempt."

"“You’ve been planning moves in advance.” “As necessary in life as in chess.”"

"“Deems, this new pastime of yours may prove your undoing.” “Eh?” “Thinking. You’ve done so little of it in your life.…"

"Silence hung like a boulder precariously balanced."

"Chico’s was busy that night, the dance floor a scrummage of writhing humanity. Snowclaw couldn’t get over the noise i…"

"Things are going to change around here. I realize that taboos are hard to overcome, but it simply has to be done if y…"