One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.

There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone.

[Koudelka] looked back, "You?! I know you! You trust beyond reason!" [Cordelia] met his eyes steadily, "Yes, it's how I get results beyond hope, as you may recall.

I miss it every minute, and I have no wish at all to go back.

Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.

I don’t duel, boy. I kill as a soldier kills, which is as a butcher kills, as quickly, efficiently, and with as least risk to myself as I can arrange.

How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?