Chuck Black
- Kingdom's Dawn
The quiet of the forest soon returned as the band of warriors disappeared in to its depths. Leinad turned his head slightly to verify the presence of the scarred man. As he did, he heard and saw the man draw his sword from his scabbard. Leinad was ashamed to think it, but all the good he had lived seemed irrelevant at the moment, and he thought how much better it would be if he had not been born.
Chuck Black
- Kingdom's Dawn
The ship I am on is a grand ship and is only one of many. The night breeze chills my moist face as I gaze across the rhythmic mass and see the outline of hundreds of other gallant ships. Gallant ships carrying gallant knights. As I lean upon the mast, the creak of the timber and the melodic swish of each wave breaking against the bow tug upon my memories.
Emilie Barnes
When my great-great-grandmother was a little girl, there was no such thing as telephone manners - because telephones hadn't been invented yet. When my grandmother was a little girl, no one had an answering machine, so there were no special answering machine manners. The rules for manners change because times change. But the heart of manners is always the same: showing kindness and respect for others.
