...That he'd seen...two people, a young man and a woman, sitting on invisible furniture with their feet up, reading books and eating chocolates.

I am not sure I trust you." "You can trust me with your life, My King." "But not with my wine, obviously. Give it back.

And the Earth had no name. The gods know themselves and have no need of names. It is man who names all things, even gods.

Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head, ready for blushing.

You're awake," he said. "Phresine is not," pointed out the queen. "Oh?" "You gave her lethium." "She gave it to me first.

A little danger adds spice to life.

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