Betrayal would be a different sort of sick.

He grunted; she recognized it as relief that she wasn't going to nag him further about Tor the Just, who probably wasn't that boring if he could hold off the Notherners for nine days and melt a hole in the hills.

If you try to breathe water, you will not turn into a fish, you will drown; but water is still good to drink.

My kind [vampires] does not surprise easily," he said. "You surprised me, this morning. I have thus used up my full quota of shock and consternation for some interval." I stared at him. "You made a *joke*." "I have heard this kind of thing may happen.

As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to.

Perhaps it is a human thing, to look upon such beauty and fail to encompass it.

I said: "He cannot be so bad if he loves roses so much." "But he is a Beast," said Father helplessly. I saw that he was weakening, and wishing only to comfort him I said, "Cannot a Beast be tamed?"