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…

- Galen Beckett

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

- Galen Beckett

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…

- Galen Beckett

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

- Galen Beckett

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 …

- Galen Beckett

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…

- Galen Beckett

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

- Galen Beckett