I can't guess," said Olvia, "why he accepted my invitation. If I had realized he would, I would never have sent it. - Tanith Lee

The thought had taken hold: Only the best must survive, not a hierarchy of riff-raff. Gods, who had such power of life or death as he, must choose carefully. And one day he would have to choose: Shall I immortalize this one, or this? But not yet.

“May the gods take note,” said he, “that it is my kind heart brought me to this predicament.” The gods, of course, did no such thing.

Spells are words, and words are merely noises. You are the sorceress, not your instruction. Don’t limit yourself.