You don't spend most of your life in other people's heads without losing every prejudice you ever had.

If I'm walking on thin ice, I might as well dance my way across

If they projected the fact that they are dangerous any harder, there would be little puddles of "danger" on the floor around them. Look, it's "danger", don't step in it!

If you would rise, do so alone.

You jackass. We're all going to die here. You know that, right?' Harrier said. Yeah," Eugens said shakily. '...Guess I might as well die here with you as out on the desert with a bunch of other jackasses.

Sympathy can be addictive and can kill strong men as surely as a diet of nothing but sugar.

Harrier twisted himself sideways on his saddle to stare at him [Tiercel]. 'You had a vision,' he said flaty. Yes. No. I don't know. I...Yes. No.