Fear makes idiots out of us all, at some time or other.

Charles could care less about shoes - and he suspected he wasn't alone among men in his feelings. Shoe, no shoe, he didn't care. Naked was good, though over the past couple of weeks he was beginning to think that dressed in his clothes was a decent second best.

Asil has appointed himself my guardian?" asked Charles softly. Asil was overstepping himself. "He was bored, he told me," said his father. He gave Charles a small smile. "I have given him a job so he doesn’t get bored again.

People who know other people’s secrets can’t afford to do things that impair their ability to control their mouths.

Being a martyr is highly overrated.

But that was the trouble with ancient artifacts - no one really knew what they did.

To make great art, you had to expose your soul, and some things should be left safely in the dark.