"His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, and calle…"

"It was in the days of the rains that their prayers went up, not from the fingering of knotted prayer cords or the spi…"

"Despite his fall from favor, Yama was still deemed mightiest of the artificers, though it was not doubted that the Go…"

"Not by the normal course of events shall we be restored or matters settled, Tak of the Bright Spear. We must beat our…"

"When there is no real hope we must mint our own. If the coin be counterfeit it may still be passed."

"Sam was the greatest charlatan in the memory of god or man. He was also the worthiest opponent Trimurti ever faced."

"To the sleeper ... He stirs"

"A grimace of pain made his mouth a bow, his teeth the arrows, clenched"

"Now I just want to sleep the sleep of ages, to know again the Great Rest, the perpetual bliss, to hear the songs the …"

"It is said that fifty-three years after his liberation he returned from the Golden Cloud, to take up once again the g…"