Love is a madness. Love is Failer - Durzo Blint

Bewildered as he might be, sometimes a man's highest calling is simply to stand, and hug.

A wolf can be a wolfhound, son, but it can never be a lapdog.

Durzo pulled out a gold Gunder from his pouch. Crowns Roth wins, Castles I lose. He flipped the coin. It bounced on the table and, impossibly, landed on edge. There´s always another choice, Kylar said.

If you looked busy, you could get away with almost anything.

The intuition that had kept Kylar from Vi even from the first time she'd tried to seduce him at the Drake estate suddenly crystallized: You don't share your life with a woman's body, you share your life with a woman.

You'd be surprised at what you'd do to stay alive.