“The problem with becoming too immersed in what people like to call magic is thinking it is superior to everything and learning only contempt for something as simple as a loaded gun.”

“If you continue to tie me up, I might think you like me. Stop doing it.”

“Only one person had ever captured Erich and kept him, and that person held him captive even in death.”

“Nothing is more interesting than doing what you should not.”

“No tricks, Christian. I don't play that way when I play for keeps.""No one ever said we were playing for keeps.""We? I hadn't realized you'd agreed to play at all, beautiful." Triumph gleamed in Sable's eyes.”

“Perhaps love was worth any and all sacrifice, but that love was of no comfort to those who were sacrificed.”

“A man with a sword has a means to stay alive. A man with a named sword has a reason to stay alive.”