Like a stand of lodgepole pines in a gale Raisa's followers all went down leaving her standing alone....There's no shelter for me not from any of this. I'll stand alone the rest of my life. THE GRAY WOLF THRONE p. 163

I live in the present because the future is always chancy. When it comes to being with you, I'm willing to take the risk.

It was one of the warm nights at the end of summer that makes promises that won't be kept.

The human mind had a remarkable ability both to discount what it sees and make reality conform to expectation.

He keeps this up, he's bound to be caught, she thought. And this time they'll dangle him for certain.

The time will come when you will be forced to make a choice,” Hanalea said. “When that time comes, choose love.

Well, I believe she went in to rescue some Raggers from the pits,” Cuffs said. “She wasn’t all that specific.” “She went in to rescue — why would she do that?” Amon gripped the ironwork, studying the streetlord’s face. Was he lying? And if so, what was the purpose? “Guess she’s kind of taken with us,” Cuffs said. “You know, the glamor of the gang life and all. Getting beat up every other day, arrested for crimes you didn’t commit, long nights in gaol, sleeping in the cold and wet. It’s...seductive.” He raised an eyebrow.