Why does everybody throw every troublesome thing into the river?

As he left to answer the call, she heard him exclaiming in wonderment on the rise. "Rocks, Nash. Is that a river mare out there? Do you see her? Have you ever laid eyes on a more gorgeous creature?

A consciousness was like a face you saw once and forever recognized.

Everyone was willing to take some small risk to lessen the damage of their ambition and disorder and lawlessness.

Lady Queen," he said, "You've given me all I want. You're the queen a librarian dreams of.

Brigan spun around to face the man, swearing with as much as exasperation and fury as Fire had ever heard anyone swear. The man scuttled away in alarm.

It was just that she had the need to tell him something honest, something honest and unhappy, because cheerful lies tonight were too depressing and too sharp, turning in on her like pins