“Just a taste. That was the Cambion policy, our credo. 'Just take enough to appease the spirit, then move on.' It sounded simple enough, but sometimes taking a little was worse than taking none at all.”

“Sometimes moving on takes effort. Sometimes moving on is harder than it looks.”

“I finished the ale, started to order a third one, and decided against it. I'd had enough. More than enough. Or I never would have. You take just so much from a bottle, and then you stop taking. From then on you're putting.”

“Getting cheated on is far worse than taking a beating. Just listen to all them records about it if you don't believe me.”

“If I am good enough and quiet enough, perhaps after all they will let me go; but it’s not easy being quiet and good, it’s like hanging on to the edge of a bridge when you’ve already fallen over; you don’t seem to be moving, just dangling there, and yet it is taking all your strength.”

“You haven't hurt people—you've given them an opportunity. They just have to be brave enough to take it.”