Well, that was interesting. The question she really wanted to ask was, How come you people take all this so seriously? But that wasn’t in the book. - Margaret Ball

I don’t know how they find things out so quickly, but haven’t you ever noticed how mercenary troops show up about three minutes after somebody’s decided to increase the war budget?

For once his years of teaching experience stood him in good stead; he was an old hand at sounding knowledgeable while dodging surprise questions from smart-breeched scholars.

“You tried to warn me about Aigar. All of you did. And I didn’t want to believe you.”
“Loyalty is no crime,” Domerc said gently.
“Totally idiotic, unreasoning loyalty is. Or ought to be,” Allie said.