Memory warps time, as it does the sights and sounds and smells of real — Sherwood Smith

"What if feeling good only comes after you destroy someone you hate?"

"Who in the universe halts when the enemy tells them to?"

"It would have been funny if I had been an observer and not a participant, an idea that gave me a disconcerting insight into gossip. As I talked beside the silent Tamara, I realized that despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt."

"Judging the actions of the many by those of the one is both human and dangerous."

"If your opponent is better armed and has longer reach, then surprise is your only ally. And then youd better hope hes half asleep."

"Finally someone takes me seriously enough to ask for my word of honor, and it’s a villain."