Quotes from Janet Morris

Sanctuary is for lovers, not fighters, this season.

I want to live like a man.

Vengeance is disappointing, always.

Her idea of who's worth what ain't mine.

Some nights, one wants to tell beloveds everything that's been waiting to be said. Some nights, a man needs flesh and blood and warm breath and a loving heart.

Niko and his women will be the death of all the Stepsons yet.

What would the world be without him, and those like him?

Tempus would be protected, better shielded from whatever the Stepson thought threatening, if love could heal and save.

Tempus wanders eternally, bringing death to whomever loves him and being spurned by whomsoever he shall love.

The gods want to bring a better day, and you are their messengers. Trust not in all you see. Trust only in your hearts. And in us, who love you both.

Men may not believe you, my son. But you must always say the truth, when the truth holds no danger for you or your loved ones.

Death's easy to find. If She wants you, you'll meet Her here as well as anywhere.

I can start the rain. Bring thunder. Bring lightning. Want to see?

Old enough to kill means old enough to die

Proof of war, when it comes, always comes too late.

For Tempus...was a dozen storm gods' avatar; no army he sanctified could know defeat; no war he fought could not be won. Combat was life to him; he fought like the gods themselves.

If the gods sent you to fight here, then the gods are fools.

No ethos, pursued without thought or mercy, is ethical.

"Mercy is not in favor in my heavens today," says Vashanka, unforgiving and combative, folding vast arms and spearing Harmony with lightning that crackles from his gaze.

Nothing he knew of, enunciated life like death.

Niko knew death like a sister - she was his true partner in the phenomenal world.

One man, one horse, one holocaust on demand.

Men make their own fates - it's personal, not a matter for debate.

This was what men fought for, what men died for: a chance at life, and to fight on other days - the battle of your choice, of the body, or the heart, or the soul.