“He hated sounding guilty. Terrible things always followed.”

“Idly, Wick wondered if he should feel insulted. Then he decided there really wasn't any room for considering an insult with all the fear running rampant in his mind. Maybe he was quiet on the outside, but he knew he was running around screaming inside his thoughts.”

“He had fought wizards (though not because he wished to), battled goblinkin (only because running hadn't been an option at the time), and faced incredible monsters (drat the luck he sometimes had when he thought about it).”

“Secrets are such hard things to manage whwn you're not the only one who knows.”

“Sarcasm, as it turned out--even when it was instinctive and quick--cut into the time one had to manufacture one's escape.”

“It takes real planning to organize this kind of chaos.”

“One of the frustrations of having a mind trained to think and consider possibilities was that it couldn't simply be stopped once engaged.”