"Who in the universe halts when the enemy tells them to?"

"'It desolates me to disappoint you, but your brother is not here. Despite two really praiseworthy attempts at rescue.'"

"It would have been funny if I had been an observer and not a participant, an idea that gave me a disconcerting insigh…"

"If more people recognized the difference between friendship and mere attraction, and how love must partake of both to…"

"If your opponent is better armed and has longer reach, then surprise is your only ally. And then you'd better hope he…"

"I realized that despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someon…"

"I've been working hard at assuming Court polish, but the more I learn about what really goes on behind the pretty voi…"

"Nothing is "always," my dear. Except the greater truths, one of which is that power begets politics, and politics are…"

"Judging the actions of the many by those of the one is both human and dangerous."

"Memory warps time, as it does the sights and sounds and smells of reality; for what shapes it is emotion, which can t…"