“Testosterone rots the brain . . .”

“Sandra was fond of an old Russian saying: When a man causes you a problem, remember: no man, no problem.”

“Stress" is mostly the result of not being allowed to kill some asshole you really want to slice and dice.”

“Yes, she loved the Lord and Lady in Their many forms . . . but those forms spanned the universe of space and time that sprang from Them, and They could be as terrible as the fiery death of suns, as inexorable as Time. A mother's kiss on her child's face came from Them, but so also the glaciers that grind continents to dust.”

“It doesn't stop being magic because you can you explain it, Father.”

“Mackenzies buried a rapist at a crossroads, with a spear thrust in the soil above; and they buried him living when they could, as a sacrifice to turn aside the anger of the Earth Powers.”

“It is easy to kill. It is equally easy to destroy glass windows. Any fool can do either. Why is it only the wise who perceive that it is wisdom to let live, when even lunatics can sometimes understand that it is better to open a window than to smash the glass?”