“Maybe that’s what the Masters are afraid of. Maybe celibacy isn’t as necessary as the Rule of Roke teaches. Maybe it’s not a way of keeping the power pure, but of keeping the power to themselves.”

“But then again, maybe bad things happen because it’s the only way we can keep remembering what good is supposed to look like.”

“Maybe it was inertia -or worse, fear- that was keeping me in the same place.”

“It is saying these things that keeps us from falling apart. And maybe by imagining these futures we can make them real, and maybe not, but either way we must imagine them. The light rushes out and floods in.”

“Accept that you're a pimple and try to keep a lively sense of humor about it. That way lies grace — and maybe even glory.”

“Maybe there was a magic stronger than spells. Maybe the soulmate principle was responsible, and if two people were meant to be together, nothing could keep them apart.”

“We all live to a formula. Maybe the secret lies in keeping that formula secret.”

“Maybe. A powerful. Enough. Metaphor. Grows. Its own. Truth.”

“Keep a demon busy, I thought. Right. Maybe he fancies a game of Tiddlywinks.”

“It is not crazy to think that powerful people do some pretty horrible things. And maybe they get out of hand. Maybe it just gets away from them. It snowballs.”