Are we going to discuss whatever it is you are here to discuss instead of dancing around it?” he asks. “I was never a particularly good dancer.

People don’t pay much attention to anything unless you give them reason to

Better to have a single perfect diamond than a sack of flawed stones.

Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.

Which tent is your favourite?" he asks. "The Ice Garden," Celia answers, without even pausing to consider. "Why is that?" Marco asks. "Because of the way it feels," she says. "It's like walking into a dream. As though it is someplace else entirely and not simply another tent.

Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.

I have never lied, “ Mr. Barris counters, standing as well. “I do not share what I am not at liberty to say. I gave my word and I intend to keep it but I have never lied to you. You never even asked me, you assumed I knew nothing.