Sheri S. Tepper amerikai

I had decided to change myself into a Dragon and go looking for my mother despite all argument to the contrary.

(első mondat)

„I tell you, lad, that men will believe if one says, ‘The Gods say…’ They will believe if one says, ‘I had a Vision…’ They will believe if one says, ‘It was told me on a tablet of hidden gold…’ But, if one says, ‘History teaches’, then they will not believe.”

Chapter 5 - Windlow

Sudden tears filled her eyes and she gasped at a remembered pain so intimate it was like childbirth.

54. oldal

Stavia and Morgot talked about nothing much, their conversation swirling around Myra's silence like water around a half-submerged rock.

71. oldal

“When first I read of that act, I wondered why two Wizards would behave so. Then, at last, I knew. A Wizard would do such a thing when he learned the word Justice. It is a very old word. It is in my book. It means to do what is right, to correct what is wrong, to find the correct way.”
“Correct?” asked Silkhands. “I do not understand correct.”
“No, we do not know the word,” Himaggery agreed. “In the Game it is only the rules which matter. The rules are always broken, and there are few penalties for that, but it is still the rules which matter."

Chapter 8 - Hostage

Do not wish to live forever. Do not believe that every man-shaped thing is holier than something else. Do not look into the mirror to see the face of God. Do not weave your life only in one color.