She would thump them both, and she would apologize to neither.

The only way for you to keep your mind straight is to run from those who would confuse you.

A man who fights you as he does is no better than an opportunist and no worse than a thug.

She wanted to cause him pain for taking a place in her heart she wouldn't have given him if she'd known the truth.

In the end, Leck should have stuck to his lies. For it was the truth he almost told that killed him.

I have no doubt that you are more than capable of bringing the Monsean queen and my son and the rest of my sons and a hundred Nanderan kittens through an onslaught of howling raiders if you chose to.

You're afraid of your own anger.

Hidden yourself in a hole and dared to burden no one with your grievous friendship? I will have friends, Katsa. I will have a life, even though I carry this burden.

Your brothers are the foolish ones for not seeing the strength in beautiful things.

But everyone has some kind of power to hurt people.

He leaned heavily on the desk now, as if danger had strengthened him before and its lack now made him weak.

Existence is where the soul goes to learn how to interpret itself again.

Accustomed to motion, he was forced to be still.

There’s something so great about this, ” she whispers. About what?” I whisper back.About this, ” she whispers. About being outlaws. It’s just you and me—against the world.

He could be doing quantum physics in his head or undressing her in his mind—she’d never know the difference.

I like the dance between sustained focus and digression that the long poem invites. A controlling metaphor helps to sustain the long poem.

Guaranteed, full stop, nobody gets treated differently when it comes to the Justice Department, because nobody is above the law.

You get the most out of what you need the least.

Beautiful roads do not always lead to beautiful places! Heaven may be hidden at the end of an ugly road! Do not be deceived by the beginning; try to see the end!

If we can put together a Mexican businessman and a U.S. businessman, they will find a way to do more business.

If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.