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He let out a slow breathe, only now realizing he was laying on an ant's nest and its inhabitants were telling him to leave in no uncertain terms. I lie with the weight of a god on their world, and the ants don't like it. We're so much more alike than most would think

Strands of snagged spiderwebs made a stretched, glittering pattern over the toes. He found it unaccountably beautiful. Gossamer webs... intricate traps. Yet it was my thoughtless passage that left the night's work undone. Will the spiders go hungry this day because of it?

It was one thing to assassinate Laseen [current empress] - that was, in the end, a mortal affair. Gods ruling a Mortal Empire, on the other hand, would draw other Ascendants and in such a contest entire civilizations would be destroyed.

"Children are Dying."
Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes of history? Children are dying. the injustices of the world hide in those three words."

"I am reminded of my own melodramatic gestures when I but toddled about in Aunt Tulla's yard. Bullying the chickens when they objected tot he straw hats I had spent hours weaving. Incapable of appreciating the intricate plaits I devised. I was deeply offended."

"Things are coming up behind us. Things! How much clearer can I be?"

[Said out loud]"He believes me, I can see it in his face. The soft-brained dolt! Who is a match for Iskaral Pust? No one! I must remain quietly triumphant, so very quietly."