“Worst of all, she realized, Zohrane was without fear, and fear is the braking system of intelligence.” — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
“They slept little that night, making their newfound love like people for whom the world is running out. Fern did not think of her… — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
“They walked along in silence, that silence just before parting where everything has been left unsaid and it is too late now to say… — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
“There was a long pause. “you know,” he went on, “I sometimes think mankind is dangerously arrogant. We do a few sums, and then… — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
“I am only mortal, desperate, urgent. Spirits have endless ages in which to do nothing, if they so choose, but humans have death to… — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
“Everyone has to act out of character sometimes. It's like taking your clothes off: you feel free without your character but very naked, unprotected.… — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
“And she knew she was not sure, she would never be sure, because uncertainty is the essence of the human condition, and death is… — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
“When ambition outstrips ability, that is always a recipe for disaster.” — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
“As the chant grew in volume she began to be conscious of the terrible potency of language, the sense that a name spoken is… — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
“Lougarry was waiting over the brow of the hill, lying so still in the grass that a butterfly had perched within an inch of… — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
“Advice is a dangerous thing," the Watcher responded. "It should be given only rarely and cautiously, and taken in small doses with skepticism.” — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
“I am his lover. They had made no promises, no vows; this was an interlude which might end with the next sunset or ebb… — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
