War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d’oeuvres.

It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty.

Words are where most change begins.

It is you!" the man exclaimed. "We thought you weren't coming for another week!" "Ashe," Sarene mumbled, "who is this lunatic and what does he want with me?

Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.

Small things were important. Secods were small things, and if you heaped enough of those on top of one another, they became a man's life.

To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one's body against oneself.