"The road and the tale have both been long, would you not say so? The trip has been long and the cost has been high... but no great thing was ever attained easily. A long tale, like a tall Tower, must be built a stone at a time."

"Battles that last five minutes spawn legends that live a thousand years."

"Our time here is brief, our risk enourmous. Don't waste the one or increase the other, if you please."

"As for the end of the universe... I say let it come as it will, in ice, fire, or darkness. What did the universe ever do for me that I should mind its welfare?"

"What I'd show you is much more bizarre than anything we have looked at so far, and I warn you in advance that the first impulse will be to laugh. That's all right. Laugh if you must. Just don't take your eye off what you see, for even in your imagination, here is a creature who can do you damage."

"We go to seek a better world. May you find one, as well."

" 'What if I fall?' Tim cried. Maerlyn laughed. 'Sooner or later, we all do.' "