“There was nothing that could prepare a person for discovering they were a pawn in a war between mythical beings. Unless you know… you were Frodo.”
“There was nothing to be done with him and his kind - unless you were prepared to shoot them.”
“And there's nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk.”
“She ate her breakfast in silence, then drove downtown in weather so lowering the streetlights seemed decapitated. This was when you could discover if your preparations for winter were adequate, and if you were ready for the restrictions of movement and light that were about to be upon you.”
“Unlike Elise, who could discover parts of a person they didn't even know were absent, you specialized in tangible, but that, I feared, was only a matter of time.”
“You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.' - To Neville Chamberlain”