“Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.”

“Cery: So, Hem, tell me why I shouldn't see how many holes I need to make before you start leaking money?”

“So what were you [Sonea] and Dorrien discussing before?' Akkarin asked.She turned to regard him. 'Discussing?''Outside the farmhouse when I was buying the food.''Oh. Then. Nothing.'He smiled and nodded. 'Nothing. Amazing subject, that one. Produces such fascinating reactions in people.”

“There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit.- Tayend”

“It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow streets because it is grieved by what it finds there.”

“What was I thinking? Of all the assistants I could have wound up with, why did I have to choose the one with the scary mother and troublemaking in his bloodlines? I am doomed.”

“He liked the idea that if either of them ever fell from grace, the other might be there to offer support.”