Women fell into that category of fantasies and dreams that worked well when unfulfilled but presented all kinds of problems when brought out into the… - Karen Lord

"Never?" he said, dismayed.
"Never," she reiterated firmly.
He nodded, pretending to be resigned, but secretly he thought that there were always ways to get around "never."

And stop thinking you’re the superior ones! You’re just another drop in our gene pool! We’re all descended from peoples who thought they were kings and gods and who found themselves to be almost nothing at all in the end. Don’t let that be you.

Ansige unreeled the tale of his tribulations, thoroughly ransacking the truth and then dipping into the bag of embellishment and sprinkling with a free hand.