"Nobody can be forced to commit an act of villany. You can't push anybody into the mud; people always step into it the…"

"Imaro exploded. "Why do men fight like starving lions over yellow metal and let valuable cattle go?""

"For all practical purposes, wheat is civilization. It produces what we euphemistically call the staff of life, a staf…"

"All my novels are about moral questions ... Most of us want to believe in something: politics, religion, saving the w…"

"The street outside was a university bywater, once a good residential area, which had lately been reduced to the level…"

"She came out near the and turned hastily back towards the . The docks were no place for a woman to be wandering about…"

"was the great day of the week. To begin with, there was , early Mass with Holy Communion, or a late Mass where you we…"

"This, then, was the yeast on which Barad-Dur rose six centuries ago, that amazing city of alchemists and poets, mecha…"

"“What are we wizards but consumers of that which our predecessors have created, while they are creators of new knowle…"

"“You know, those who are motivated by greed, lust for power, or wounded pride are half-way tolerable, at least they f…"