"Before you make a decision," he said, "I want you to know that I love you."

It isn't deep," the Eddisian Ambassador said from the other side of the bed. He was leaning over the wound, looking critical and mildly disappointed. Eugenides didn't miss a beat. "It is...too...deep!" he insisted, outraged.

She's like a prisoner inside stone walls, and every day the walls get a little thicker, the doorways a little narrower.

No friend had I made there, but I wasn't with this group to make friends, and besides, he sneered too much. I've found that people who sneer are almost always sneering at me.

The Thieves of Eddis don't have breaking points. We have flash points instead, like gunpowder.

So Sophos thinks you're going to marry me." "While I think you'll marry Sophos." "I might. We'll see what he's like when he grows up.

If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive.