Quand le doigt montre le ciel, l’imbécile regarde le doigt. [When a finger is pointing up to the sky, only a fool looks at the finger.]

I wonder, sometimes, if your generation speaks English at all,” Amelie said.

Sometime, somewhere, life always comes to a fight, and peace always comes to an end.

When I want to be lectured on strategy, I’ll consult someone who’s actually won battles,’ Amelie said. ‘Not one who ran away from them.”Snap,’ Eve said.’You know what they’re talking about?’ Shane asked.’Don’t need to...

She smells better,” Claire said. “And she made me cookies.

For now,” Amelie said. “Take her home. And — ” “Say nothing — yes, yes, I heard you the first seven hundred times,” Myrnin said, much too sharply. “I’m ancient. I’m not deaf. ” Amelie’s...

Amelie seemed to focus on her again. For a few seconds she regarded her, frowning, and then smiled just a little. “So I recall,” she said. “Not all wars are waged with bullets and swords,...

A disrespectful young woman…something I was called more than once. Something ever woman of quality is called sooner or later, by a man who feels they do not know their place. As we do not,...

Only as equals can we keep the peace. It is not in our nature, but it is the only way to survive.