Sometimes there's nothing you can do. [...] Sometimes they don't have enough to fight with.

I imbue this place with my essence, every stone and every drop. My visit will do wonders for the flowers." Aly propped her chin on her hand. "So does manure," she observed.

Tortall and the Queens Riders!

Most humans think the appearance of quiet is quiet. They do not see that sometimes the enemy is as quiet as the serpent. Only when it has stolen all of their eggs will they know bad walks in the quiet as well as the noisy.

If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish.

I swear the sparrows called us ten kinds of idiot when we did it.

A crow may put on human shape or crow shape, but we remain crows,” he replied firmly. “Hawks, too, are the same, whether they are born in human nests or hawk ones. The nestlings must always be protected. Since you have chosen to protect these, I and mine will protect you.