"I have never believed in fate or destiny or any other concept that invests the courses of our lives with portentous m…"

"I remarked that it must be difficult to anticipate betrayal from lifetime friends. “It is as it has always been,” he …"

"Everything I have accomplished in this city, everything I have yet to accomplish, takes its root in the rule of law. …"

"Reason crushed that idiocy instantly."

"“In those peaceful days, some came to believe that the Unseeable Gods had returned at last and merely awaited our not…"

"“That was a brave thing.” “Didn’t feel at all brave. Just desperate.” “Bravery results from desperation more often th…"

"“This means war. And who suffers most if powerful families go to war?” “Everyone else but them.”"

"Few people in the Costa Drago prayed. Those who did so were hopeless optimists who believed the Unseeable Gods were y…"

"The grand duc is lost in a cloud of delusion that masquerades as mysticism."

"Would you end war? Create great Peace."