i'm never going to understand the Barrani." "You needn't sound so morose, Lord Kaylin. They are unlikely to understand you either." "Yes, but I'm unlikely to try to kill them for fun.

You'll be with me, won't you?" "indeed." "Then what could go wrong?" Lord Sanabalis visibly grimaced. "You clearly do not believe in angry gods.

There is not a man born among us who dreams—at first—of service, although in the end, many are bent that way.

Stop judging your life only by the failures.

The truth was only another mask, even if it was the best fit, the closest to skin and all that lay beneath

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

History is not our guide, it is not our friend. It is a passing stranger, one which shadows legend, sprinkling it with the seeds of truth.