Mercy', Finnikin said, grinning from ear to ear. 'We're going to have a bed full of children and I'll have to holler out to my wife, "Hello there! It's been a long time since we last spoke!

Some of us weren't born for rewards, Froi. We were born for sacrifices.

When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced.

There's not much you need to know about the world. Except how to use a sword and trust very few.

I still wake with your name on my lips every morning.

Lucian was beginning to get used to hearing her small observations at night. More than anything, he realized he liked her voice in the dark. It made him feel less lonely.

You can't go around feeling too much.

Are you an idiot, or an idiot?' Gargarin hissed.'The first one. I really resent being called the second.

Truth is dangerous.

He could hardly breathe at the though of his son and Quintana in Sorel with no one to protect them.

We didn't let them do anything to us, Travanion, " Beatriss said fiercely, "They did it without out permission.

The lighter something is, the easier it is to darken it.

We spend too much time recruiting and not enough time working with the players we have.

Not all smart people work at Sun Microsystems.

The death penalty is inhumane... whether that person is in a [jail] or it's bin Laden.

Death is the most convenient time to tax rich people.

My derring-do allows me to dance the rigadoon around you but by the time I'm close to you I lose my desideratum.

As I review my life, I feel I must have missed the point, either then or now.

I would LOVE to be in the Star Trek sequel! Yeah! I would love to! I better write that letter to J.J.[Abrahams]

The four rules of writing... 1. Write to discover. 2. There is no greater discovery than love. 3. All love comes from the Creator. 4. Write what you will.

When we give what we can, and give it with joy, we don't just renew the American tradition of giving, we also renew ourselves.