That’s the trouble getting involved in politics, nobody wears a name badge! - C. J. Cherryh

He could be distracted, still, by beauty, by the wonder of a stroke of sunlight. Perhaps at such times he made himself open to wizardry-or conversely, was as warded and safe at such moments as Ynefel at its strongest. Perhaps threats simply slid past his attention and he made himself immune.

Murder has been done for far lesser things than thrones. Most dangerous when the possessors of thrones forget how they came by them.

What we individually deserve isn't as much as what we collectively merit.