The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given.

Miles clutched Quinn's elbow. "Don't Panic." "I'm not panicking," Quinn observed, "I'm watching you panic. It's more entertaining .

I'm sorry. I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you.

All the worry people expend over not existing after they die, yet nary a one ever seems to spare a moment to worry about not having existed before they were conceived. Or at all. After all, one sperm over and we would have been our sisters, and we'd never have been missed.

Women do desperately need models for power other than the maternal.