“The future is not set in stone, and even if it was, stone can be broken.”

“Nothing is written stone, child. Even if it were, the stones can be shattered”

“If she could find a man who could feel and laugh as well as desire, she might even think about thinking about marriage.”

“Affection isn't so plentiful in this life that any of us can afford to reject it when it's offered, whatever its source.”

“It's a fathers job to spoil his daughters shamelessly, it's their husbands job to tame them. Prince Zehava-The Dragon Prince”

“Rohan, if being a hero is having the courage to resist using power arbitrarily, then you are a hero, beloved.”

“One voice whispered Beloved. She spread her colors on the starshine to embrace this land he had given her, and there were no shadows to darken the Fire soaring across the sand. Only light, only joy.No one heard Elisel scream. Only the dragons saw her rise into the night sky like an arrow, mute after that one keening wail. It was two days before she returned to Skybowl.Long before that, they found Sioned.”