"He kissed her anyway, lightly on the cheek, before she turned to get her coat, thinking how long he had known her and…"

"What concern of mine are your affairs? Or Coren’s? What kind of peace would there be in me or in my house if I took i…"

"I do not want to choose which one of you I must love or hate. Here, I am free to do neither. I want no part of your b…"

"The small red eyes regarded him, unblinking. “What would you give me for all the wisdom of the world?” “Nothing.” He …"

"Wisdom never learned silence, and it is most annoying when least wanted."

"“The Riddle Master himself lost the key to his own riddles one day,” he said in his deep, reed-pure voice, “and he fo…"

"He was silent a moment, struggling. He said finally, “But you had a right to be angry.” “Yes. But not to hurt those I…"

"I was running from my own thoughts as much as anything. I simply wanted to untangle myself from the web I had touched…"

"Water has its moods, flowing or still; it can lure you like a lover, or look as bleak as a broken heart."

"“You fought for your freedom and won a different kind of prison. I will fight for mine—” “You can’t fight me,” Tearle…"