Then what difference does human striving make: mortal struggle, valor, pain? If you live, then live for the test of spirit, for… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
Death's easy to find. If She wants you, you'll meet Her here as well as anywhere. — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
Now the Fates are here on the beach, three shadows blacker than black, walking through the dunes and looking for their own.… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
In this new world, this day and forever, then, we are not only Thebans - we are all Stepsons. We are all… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
And Tempus thought then that nothing was more worthwhile than what was growing in this whitewashed barracks, where he has come to… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
If, as Niko asks, you show them mercy, then the gods will be well pleased. — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
Here and now was always where Tempus was, not off somewhere in the realm of Greater Good or Mortal Soul or Eternal… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
The universe forgives those who give until their hearts are aching and their spirits weak, and finds a way to renew all… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
Niko's angular face caught a flicker of firelight and Tempus saw his future there: sharp purpose, discipline, and power in perfect balance;… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
If cities have souls, Sanctuary's was troubled long before Tempus got here, and will be troubled long after he and his are… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
Tempus would be protected, better shielded from whatever the Stepson thought threatening, if love could heal and save. — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
It's all the same - no good without evil, no balance...no maat. If we lose one, we lose the other. It's just… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
If, as you teach, the universe has no beginning and no end, why should we? — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
And what do the Theban hoplites see in this extended rending of the sky, this white-bright glory of Enlil's lightning? The future,… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
Ask yourselves if the gods are angry, you who have seen Harmony come among us, walk among us, touch us, look kindly… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
If you want to write something completely unique, you will probably fail or at best write something without redeeming value. The mind… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
This is for you. A mage named Randal told me to give it to the Band if you ever came back. 'It… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
This is as 'alone' as I'm likely to get with you - you're not half so fetching as your daughter. — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
I survive. I survived it all then and I'll survive the rest of it. Without your help. — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting with Homer… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be bought, or taught, or… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
It's all right. Things as they once were will never be again, but it's all right. — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
