Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort.

It's all right Wayne," Waxillium said softly. "I've made a promise. I told Lord Harms I'd return Steris to him. And I will. That is that." "Then I will remain and help," Marasi said. "That is that." "And I could really use some food," Wayne added. "Fat is fat.

Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart.

Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.

You are inexperienced. So was I, once. So is every man. The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. . . It's in how they make us of what life has shown them.

In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.

I have no idea what you just said, child,' Breeze said. 'So I'm simply going to pretend it was coherent, then move on.