He was smiling again, his face alight, and Ivy knew her own expression was a mirror to his. Ivoleyn, he said, softly now, as if testing the word. And….

I will not deny that my heart has long occupied itself with the most tender feelings for another. So strong were these impulses that I indulged mysel….

A word is all it takes to put a man in prison, or to seize his property, or to end his life. A saber might be stopped by a shield. A bullet might be ….

when all of life becomes crowded with profound and weighty matters, making time to engage in trivial things becomes an even greater priority..

How resilient was the body, to return to its prior form so quickly! Yet the mind was formed of a less pliable substance. The emptiness in her thought….

One is always willfully absurd.... If one does not say silly things with a purpose, then he is merely an idiot..

Like a necktie or a bouquet of flowers, an idea was best if one did not fuss with it too much.