“Men of the cloth live in this monologue, it is their due: nobody talks back to a pulpit.”
“A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.”
“Wrath dragged Beth into his arms and hugged her hard, talking in that other language again. When he pulled back, he ended the monologue with something like leelan.Beth: "Is that vampire talk for bitch?”
“I'm not talking to anyone, I'm delivering a monologue. It's the inebriated man's prerogative.”
“my only desire is to teach the word o' man and leave the word o' Gawd to the pulpit men”
“When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.”