"It is always impossible—he was conscious again with that strange clarity of mind—for a man to face his own death hone…"

"Only darkness could not be held off by the will of men."

"They’re females right enough, and they can make the impossible happen. I’d say that classifies them as witches."

"Their tribal system is strictly matriarchal, which follows a pattern even Terra once knew: the fertile earth mother a…"

"You can’t play the role of thug all over the galaxy and not store up in the subconscious a fine line of private fears…"

"Treasure! That word, which had always been so exciting, meant something different now. Fafnir had taken the treasure …"

"There was a saying of the peasants—the rat cannot call the cat to account. But it was also true that if the moon move…"

"He was listening, too, for it is through the eyes and ears that one learns. A spiderweb of facts can tie up the lion …"

"Stout men, not stout walls, make a well-held city."

"Jade and men are both shaped by harsh tools; be not unaware of sudden changes of fortune."