Dale: "No, no--curse it, Beka, you're the prickliest woman I've ever met!" Goodwin: "No, I am. But she comes very close, I have to say." — Dale Rowan and Clara Goodwin when Beka didn't want to accept money for being Dale's "luck

Where everyone else sees a straight line, you see a maze, and when I'm done talking to you, the maze starts to make more sense --Reply by Dove to Aly's silent inquiry

Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.

It's always better to attack than to defend," Coram had told her when they talked about fencing late at night. "Always. Ye don't win with defense--ye only hold the other feller off, or wear him down. Attack and have done with it!

A good friend will help you up when you fall. A best friend will laugh and try to trip you again. - I'm not sure

My new knight mistress is famed for wielding sharp edges: Sword, Knife and Tongue!

A bully fights people littler and weaker than he is because he thinks it's fun.