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

Either i've turned stupid, or life's turned hard.

We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much--all of it wrong.

They had almost reached their horses when Neal's unmistakable drawl sounded through the stable: "Joren is so pretty. Say, Garvey, are you two friends because you can have him?

I suppose he could have changed," Neal said dryly. "I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil." The other pages snorted. Kel eyed her friend. "You do look yellow around the edges," she told him, her face quite serious. "I hadn’t wanted to bring it up." "We daffodils like to have things brought up," Neal said, slinging an arm around her shoulders. "It reminds us of spring.

I met the oddest little fellow today, Alan of Trebond.