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

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

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

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

"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."

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