"Sometimes denying reality is all that keeps a person going, isn’t it?"

"He may be a Mage, but he’s also a guy, so he has to have plenty of stuff wrong with him."

"“Should we tell them about these abrasions, or do they already know everything that needs to be known?” The other Mec…"

"How did the other Mechanics miss this? Or maybe they didn’t. Maybe they chose to miss it. Maybe they didn’t see anyth…"

"Perhaps that is the only wisdom there really is, young Mage: that our choices matter."

"The hardest part of being in my Guild is having so many rules and restrictions and people telling me what to do. Some…"

"“We really have to work on your social skills.” “What are social skills?” “They’re…um…how people avoid saying what th…"

"“It does not appear to be too difficult,” Alain agreed. “But I remember being cautioned that maps carry their own ill…"

"I believe that we are given choices, places where decisions may be made to walk one road or another. We do not know w…"

"It’s like forbidding horses to learn algebra. What’s the point?"