I could use you—if you pass the tests, of course. There are three of them. You have passed the first.""What are the other—" Hrun paused, his lips moved soundlessly and then he hazarded, "two?

If he'd been a hero, he would have taken the opportunity to say, "That's what I call sorted!" Since he wasn't a hero, he threw up.

Some people are heroes. And some people jot down notes.

Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals