“You can only call someone crazy if there’s someone else who’s normal. Like good and evil. If everything was good, then nothing would be good.”

“Good God, man, what is that smell?" He eyed with disgust the doctor's filthy cloak."Life," answered the doctor.”

“There is nothing left when you reach the center of everything, just the pit of bones inside the innermost circle.”

“It would change everything, gentlemen. It would shift the entire balance of power in Europe-maybe the world. Alexander conquered half of it. Think what he would have done with arrows dipped in monster snot!”

“Outiko is not hunted; Outiko hunts, the ogimaa had said. You do not call Outiko. Outiko calls you.”

“Death had brought an end to their misery. Would nothing but a visitation from that same dark angel bring and end to mine?”

“The world is large, dear Will, and we, no matter how much we would like to pretend otherwise, we are quite small.”