His last thought was that it hadn't been stupidity that had allowed his son to enchant him so easily with words. It had been love.

She knew he was angry, but she couldn't stop laughing. "Forgive me, Po. I was only trying to get your attention." "And I suppose it never occurs to you to start small. If I told you my roof needed rebuilding, you'd start by knocking down the house.

In the end, Leck should have stuck to his lies. For it was the truth he almost told that killed him.

Your sadness is one of the things that makes you beautiful to me. Don't you see that? I understand it. It makes my own sadness less frightening." (Brigan)

The fellow who tends the greenhouse gardens? Trust me, Lady, you'd let him stake your tomatoes.

You're in fine temper," Raffin said. "Your hair is blue," she snapped back.

I've been afraid of being Cansrel,' she said aloud to her reflection. 'But I'm not Cansrel.' At her elbow, Musa said blandly, 'Any one of us could have told you that, Lady.' Fire looked at the captain of her guard and laughed, because she wasn't Cansrel- she wasn't anyone but herself. She had no one's path to follow; her path was her own to choose.