Well, laddie, if you've let an old buzzard like me hurt you confidence, you couldn't have had much in the first place.

We could mate. In a year our nestlings would be large enough to mob anyone we like...Should I begin to court you? Do you like grubs or ants better?...I will be here. In case you change your mind about mating.

Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again.

There is a saying in the Islands. Beware the women of the warrior class, for all they touch is both decorative and deadly.-Yuki

Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers. -Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift

Do you know, sire, I think that if we live to tell our grandchildren about this war, they will accuse us of making it up.' -Marielle

You know, ogres only sound stupid. Most are pretty smart." "And it's a shallow person who judges anyone by the way they sound. I'm so shallow I'm surprised I don't reflect myself.