Go carefully, child of mat, where no mercy can be had, and let your faith lead you on.

I think we're all in Cime's army now. But never mind, the Storm God hasn't forgotten us. Heaven is no farther away than it ever was.

Don't forget, Riddler, how I love thee. Or all we shared together. Or that this sea and all other seas can lead you back to me.

This is as 'alone' as I'm likely to get with you - you're not half so fetching as your daughter.

Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart a book is not truly science fiction. Furthermore, so little emerging thought and technology is employed by sf writers today that the genre is lagging far behind reality both in the cosmology area and the technology area: sf is no longer a place to experiment, but is now very derivative.

One lot apiece, one chance to undo an error or secure a fate.

As Seth's apprentice, I've learned wisdom of which you've never dreamed.