We didn't let them do anything to us, Travanion, " Beatriss said fiercely, "They did it without out permission.

Some of us weren't born for rewards, Froi. We were born for sacrifices.

When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced.

There's not much you need to know about the world. Except how to use a sword and trust very few.

I still wake with your name on my lips every morning.

Lucian was beginning to get used to hearing her small observations at night. More than anything, he realized he liked her voice in the dark. It made him feel less lonely.

You can't go around feeling too much.

Are you an idiot, or an idiot?' Gargarin hissed.'The first one. I really resent being called the second.

Truth is dangerous.

Mercy', Finnikin said, grinning from ear to ear. 'We're going to have a bed full of children and I'll have to holler out to my wife, "Hello there! It's been a long time since we last spoke!

He could hardly breathe at the though of his son and Quintana in Sorel with no one to protect them.

... I guessed that when you are nearly a man, you have to learn to put up with a lot of aggravation from little old bitty kids.

Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.

Gather a shell from the strewn beach And listen at its lips: they sigh The same desire and mystery, The echo of the whole sea's speech.

The only thing you believe in is the thing you believe in enough to practice. Your creed is your deed.

The stakes are nary a problem to me, as I do not abide by Sir Isaac's law!

The mystery surrounding Garbo was as thick as a London fog.

No story ever looks as bad as the story you've just bought; no story ever looks as good as the story the other fellow just bought.

I begin by assembling notes on characters. Large swaths of the plot become clear to me as I do this.

In art there is a need for truth, not sincerity.

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.