“Not fault of teaching spider if little spider pay more attention to catching fly than doing lesson.”

“More than a shadow and less than a soul.”

“Perhaps not willingly, but pain can make a man do things he wouldn't willingly do.”

“A woman with an education may be able to spend more time sitting in a chair instead of lying on her back. A sound advantage, I should think.”

“We are what we are. Nothing more, nothing less. There is good and evil among every kind of people. It's the evil among us who rule now.”

“When honor and the Law no longer stand on the same side of the line, how do we choose[?]”

“Thera started sputtering. "You fool. You idiot." She stopped because Blaethe's response was much pithier and far more creative. She nodded approvingly. "What he said.”