“You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared.”

“You are an educated man. You know there are no such things as demons." Bast smiled a terrible smile. "There is only my kind." Bast leaned closer still, Chronicler smelled flowers on his breath. "You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared. You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.”

“I do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear.”

“When she spoke her voice was clear. "I do this so you cannot help but hear. a wise man views a moonless night with fear.”

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”

“Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.”

“With slow care rather than stealth we must approach the subject of a certain woman. Her wildness is of such degree, I fear approaching her too quickly even in a story. Should I move recklessly, I might startle even the idea of her into sudden flight.”