"I have always found the presumptions of others to be the best possible disguise—haven’t you?"

"In time, you’ll come to understand that a state like ours cannot afford to offer up a show of weakness for honesty’s …"

"“Advice,” chuckled Doña Vorchenza. “The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting one’s mutterings to a stat…"

"“‘Commonly thought,’ you say? Many things are commonly thought, but perhaps not commonly thought all the way through.”"

"I’m sure we can communicate. I speak fluent hatchet."

"It was strange, how readily authority could be conjured with nothing but a bit of strutting jackassery."

"“This entire situation is insane.” Jean slammed his book shut in disgust. “It was insane before; now it’s become mali…"

"“Better to say nothing and be thought a fool,” said Amarelle, “than to interfere in the business of wizards and remov…"

"You have confused me with someone who knows what’s going on."

"When you’re a priest, people tend to see the robe rather than the man."