“I am a great believer that anything not expressly forbidden is explicitly allowed.”
“May I say that I approve of a piece that tries to remake the entire puzzle?”
“The most important thing is to be true to yourself, however you feel, and not try to feel or behave differently because you think you should, or someone has told you how you must feel. But do think about it. Unexamined feelings lead to all kinds of trouble.”
“A passion thwarted will often go astray.”
“I don’t particularly want to meet anyone. I’m quite happy by myself. Or at least, I was, back home.”
“Some were Charter Mages, and there would not be time to argue rights and wrongs, so any aggressive magic he used would be countered or negated by these others, as was the nature of Charter Magic.”
“What do you mean? I am Mogget, of course. The one and only Mogget. Though I have had other names.”
“as if they were crazed stoats that had to be got rid of before they killed again.”
“[Lunch] was composed of one of the fish she had caught, evidently rescued from Mogget. This had been grilled with ginger, pepper, and some spice she didn't know, set atop a salad of grains and greenleaf, accompanied by a lightly sparkling clear wine she had to admit was delicious and refreshing.”
“Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.”
“Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.
Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.”
“Shh,” Casey says, pulling me back closer. “They’ll need our recollection of this blessed event because they’re both so drunk.” “I’m not that drunk,” Lea says without turning around. “I am,” Gabe says. “For the record.” “So what do you have to say for yourself?” Lea says, stabbing him in the chest again with her finger. “Please stop stabbing me in the chest,” he says.”
“He thinks of her sleeping now, the rest she needs, thinks of the warmth of her body, the nest-like thing she could be to his tiredness.”
“Sex appeal isn't a number on a scale, it's an attitude, a state of mind. Any woman can be sexy.”
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