Unquestioning obedience is for slaves, the uneducated and the pathetic.

Akkarin: I watched the first woman I loved die. I dont think I can survive losing the second. Sonea: I love you too.

What was I thinking? Of all the assistants I could have wound up with, why did I have to choose the one with the scary mother and troublemaking in his bloodlines? I am doomed.

Though I can’t help feeling a sudden death cheats you of something. Death is an experience of life. You only get one death. I would like to be aware it was happening, even if that did mean enduring pain and fear.

Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams

If your appearance is all people see, they have no respect for your mind.

It was impossible to imagine the aloof, dignified, powerful High Lord living as, of all things, a slave.