Briar: "So I guess I was the last to know." Rosethorn: "Of course you are. You're a man, aren't you?

Frostpine made a face. Lifting the cup, he dumped its contents down his throat. “Auugghh!” he yelled, his voice stronger than it had been since his return from the harbor. "Are you trying to kill me, woman?" "If I mean to kill someone, I do it," Rosethorn told him. "I don't try.

Men broke into their homes, killed their families, threatened you--and you won't let them do anything for fear you'll be hurt. That's selfish. How would you like it if I took your bow and said I cared too much about you to let you fight?

Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not.

One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.

Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.

If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.