“Honor is no phantom. Duty doesn't melt away, no matter how much we might wish it to.”

“I beg your pardon," I said. "But you do intend to eat me?”

“The first arrow hit me right between the breast.”

“Dard, [...] forgive me, but I wasn't in love with you. I wanted you. That's a very different thing. I like you and I enjoy your company, and for a while I lusted for you. But I don't want to go north with you and be your queen. Even if I were in love with you I wouldn't want that. I swore an oath when i became an officer and I can't, and won't, surrender my allegiance to my king.”

“Logic doesn't overcome pain.”

“The best fiction is often how we interpret our own lives and what we see as our common due. It is created usually as a means of avoiding reality which, if seriously considered, might negate our ability to strive for what might seem impossible.”

“Are you calling me a weirdo? Highest honor I can bestow.”