“Laughter went on and on, like sunlight and stone, even if the human beings who laughed did not.”

“It was of grey stone, huge block set on block;but it caught the sunlight like a dolphin's back at dawn.”

“He laughed, tried to make it into a cough, inhaled at exactly the wrong moment, and then really did cough.”

“Tell me who you are. You need not tell me your name. Names have power, even human ones. Tell me where you live and what you do with your living.”

“When they finished laughing they were on their way to being not just friends, but the dearest of friends, the sort of friends whose lives are shaped by the friendship.”

“I smiled. "I understand now. But It doesn't matter and you needn't apologize. They have been very kind to me too. Even if we did differ a little about suitable dresses." He considered me a moment, a mischievous light creeping into his eyes, and said: "Was THAT the dress - that night you wouldn't come out of your room?"I grinned and nodded, and we both laughed;”

“HIs riders knew most of this, even if they did not see it with the dire clarity Corlath was forced to....”