Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

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 was stark raving mad, and my family was too polite to mention it. That's what living with the Yamanis does to people. They get so well-mannered they won't mention you're crazy.

I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.

free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight.

Military folk," Neal said with exaggerated patience, shaking his head. "The only way you know to solve problems is by beating them with a stick.

Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not." "Doesn't she? Don't all of you? This is your first taste of the things which may come from your being powerful mages. People will offer you gold, status, even love. I want to know how you will react. If want to know if your teachers will release greedy, thoughtless monsters into the world.