We of Betand do not change our laws readily, so says my father, but we interpret them to our needs. — Sheri S. Tepper

“We have simply been too fearful to go into that place.”

“You? Fearful?” I doubted this.

“Do not mistake my arrogance for courage, my son. It is true that I am renowned for what I can do. But I am afraid of the unknown, as are most men, Gamesmen or pawns alike.”

I trusted him as far as I could kick him up a chimney.

Every time I began to take myself seriously, he let me know how small a vegetable I was in his particular stew.