There was no room in him for curiosity; The capacity for observation had long since starved on the aridness of his soul. - Tanith Lee

We are taught that the gods do not care for us," said Pereban the priest. "Therefore we must seek for guidance in our own selves.

They say the promise of a witch is like a plain woman, seldom remembered.

Woana was the most talented, amazing and prodigious human in the world, and the most beautiful too. For Woana, if she had summoned them, those bright eyes in the sky would have danced down to earth; but naturally Woana was far too sophisticated to stoop to such a thing. Woana was, in fact, unrivalled, peerless. The reason being that Mitz belonged to her, and Mitz’s feline ego would never consider that anyone, but the most sublime, could have acquired her own exceptional self.