Lilt pulled away. "I saw what he was doing, so I cleared a path for him. I helped him do it..." She shook her head, tears tracking the dust off her face, and turned to stare at the fallen tower. "Have we all gone mad to want this?

And you know, these things don't last forever.' I know, Mandy. Nothing does.' That's the spirit.

Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.

Once you told yourself a story enough times, it was so easy to keep on believing it.

I’m not against thinking; I’m only against thinking that thinking on its own will get you out of a hole. Shovel also needed.

He thinks Goliath can end the war," Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!" "As do we all," Count Volger said. "But there are many ways to end a war. Some are more peaceful than others.

You're splitting?" "No sh*it, Sherlock.