“Promises were like laws; smart men knew when to break both.”

“Well, then he would be at war with the government, and death was an unfortunate side effect of any revolution. Change always had a price tag. But once he took over, the people would realize he was a better ruler than the disorganized, self-interested mob that called themselves Congress -- men who didn't know anything, being led by a president who knew even less.”

“His father had told him time and again never to underestimate the power of something that could kill you.”

“People pitied only what they could easily slaughter.”

“There was love, a reliable and real love grown in a handful of days, and Tristan did not know why it was: friendship had happened to both of them, on the sudden, completely aside from Tristan's both endangering and saving Crissand's life. It was no reason related to that, it was no reason that either of them quite knew. Crissand had simply risen on his horizon like the sun of his banner...and that was that....They were together, and there was a great deal right with the day simply in that.”

“And love? Well, if sex is sweet and death is bitter, love is both. Love will always and forever break your heart.”

“Clark. Superman. She loved two men. It was extraordinary how alike and how different they were.-Lois Lane”