Briar: "So I guess I was the last to know." Rosethorn: "Of course you are. You're a man, aren't you?

Briar: "They never tell you some things. They tell you mages have wonderful power and they learn all kinds of secrets. Nobody ever mentions that some secrets you don't ever want to learn." Rosethorn: "All you can do is learn good to balance the bad. Learn and do all the good within your reach. Then, if you wake in a sweat, you have something to set against the dream.

You're more trouble than you're worth." "I'm a girl. That's my job.