"From a half-open window came the sound of a drinking song, bellowed by male voices to the accompaniment of pounding p…"

"I’ve had fellow critics tell me that, when they work in Shadow, they stay in the sleaziest fleabags they can find, be…"

"I felt a surge of annoyance. The palace was a monstrosity. It had towers, with pennants snapping in the breeze. It ha…"

"Critics should never socialize with artists; it’s difficult enough to like their work in the first place."

"“Ah, ‘The Suffering Critic.’ The work to gladden the heart of any artist.”"

"“Rye, beef, and mustard. There are some aesthetic verities that transcend reality. The field of gustatory ontology ha…"

"Killing one man is an existential act. Killing a million would be a historic act, at least to the Bound. Killing them…"

"“You don’t forget, Mother,” Elam said wearily. “You do it quite on purpose.”"

"Would you end war? Create great Peace."

"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."