Quotes
“We have a saying, we travelers: ‘For a man’s business, go to your troupe leader; for a woman’s business, go to Women’s Country. For a fool’s business, go to the warriors.’”
p. 173
Lion had few doubts about his actions. As he had said on more than one occasion, “I may be wrong, but I am never in doubt.”
p. 162
“Sometimes I despair, Ellat. Will I ever be able to surprise you?”
“Yes. If you’d listen to me, ever, it would surprise me enormously.”
p. 137
“How did this happen?” she demanded from the world at large.
“Software,” the hardware consultant opined.
“Hardware,” the software support person snarled.
p. 51
What was scheduled had no connection with what actually happened.
p. 67
It cheered me a little. Enmities among one’s enemies are always comforting.
p. 157
“Better late than not at all,” came a voice from the ranked multitude. “Better a tardy lover than a lonely bed.”
p. 206
“Oh, but I am soiled beyond all cleansing.…”
“Nonsense,” said Mavin impatiently. “You are silly beyond all belief, but that is your sole sin I am aware of, young man.”
p. 63
“He is a Seer,” Mavin said sullenly, aware of her lack of logic.
“Poof. Seers. Sometimes they know everything about something no one cares about. Often they know nothing about something important.”
p. 13
Learning more was merely ordinary to me, but traveling—that was a wonderful treat.
At least so I thought until we had done some of it. Then it turned out that traveling was doing everything one had to do at home with none of the conveniences for doing it.
p. 25
I trusted him as far as I could kick him up a chimney.
p. 42
Every time I began to take myself seriously, he let me know how small a vegetable I was in his particular stew.
p. 5
