“When you keep sweeping things under the carpet, eventually the lump is big enough for the auditors to trip over.”

“Dont keep sweeping your troubles under the rug for someday you'll trip over it.”

“Small things were important. Seconds were small things, and if you heaped enough of those on top of one another, they became a man's life.”

“I do still love you. I don't love you enough to be able to give you the things we dreamed about and planned.”

“Here, in Alethkar, men often spoke of the legends -- of mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers. But when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.”

“Why did they believe? Because they saw miracles. Things one man took as chance, a man of faith took as a sign. A loved one recovering from disease, a fortunate business deal, a chance meeting with a long lost friend. It wasn't the grand doctrines or the sweeping ideals that seemed to make believers out of men. It was the simple magic in the world around them.”

“Galladon paused for a moment, then laughed. "Does nothing frighten you, sule?""Actually, pretty much everything here does—I'm just good at ignoring the fact that I'm terrified. If I ever realize how scared I am, you'll probably find me trying to hide under those cobblestones over there.”