Not all of our heartless plans work as we intend; nor do all of our good intentions. We are where we are, and we can rarely predict where we will go, no matter how firm our beliefs.

You are an... animal? A talking animal?" Without missing a beat, Teela said, "Of course not. She's much, much harder to train.

Success and failure are two edges of the same blade, two sides of the same coin. To fear one is to forever deny the possibility of the other.

The gods where like the weather; sometimes good, sometimes bad, and either way, always beyond her.

If hearts really could sink, Kaylin's was busily rearranging her internal organs.

The look he gave her made her turn away for a moment. Sometimes you couldn’t look too closely at another person’s pain.

I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of good manners.