“But perhaps you do not understand. I was crippled, crippled by an elephant that came through the roof - Madam LaVaughn”
“Your disbelief will cripple you, you think like that, human. Do not believe this impossible, or it will be.”
“You know what I mean. Is it true the folk hereabouts”—he pointed to the land ahead—“are cripples? Missing half their hindquarters?”“The fauns? Cripples?” I laughed. “By the gods who made them, no!”
“Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled, or dead?”
“Breaking a sweat through our difficulties minimized the likelihood of a crippling injury to our faith.”
“The ache starts in my chest and spreads through my veins. The abuse I can handle; it's the happiness that cripples.”