“Foolishness pours out of an open mouth....but wisdom sneaks in through the ears....”

“Oh, there are little rhymes a mage might use to remember the sequence of what must be done, but the words themselves don't do a thing. You could write every 'spell' as high as a man on the barn wall, but if you don't have the power to start with, all you'd have is a strange rhyme. And a bad one at that".”

“Maybe, just maybe Vahanian thought, an outlaw turned noble has an outside chance with a noble turned outlaw.”

“As if being a former vampire drone in a werewolf household were not shocking enough, the maid then opened her mouth and proved that she was also, quite reprehensibly, French.”

“Wandering alone in the barrenness of foolishness, I hear the drip-drip of Wisdom and smile.”

“We change people through conversation, not through censorship.”

“Do you think a champion is made out of thin air? It’s through the hardships you endure that you’ll gain real strength.”