“In diplomacy, like in great many other things, the rules of engagement survive only until one remarkable person decides to break them.”

“There are many ways to rule, many things required to be un hombre or to be una mujere, for each person can decide for himself. Sometimes you can even be both. Without having to choose one or the other”

“...the Stone Table [was] a place that served as the OK Corral for the Faerie Courts when they decided to engage in diplomacy by means of murdering anyone on the other team.”

“That was the rule. Break one of my rules once, and I’m bound to break many more.”

“To be in a war, you must learn the rules of survival… to win a war, you must break every fucking one of those rules.”

“There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”