"Others had competence; Hope had magic" (p. 2).

"Such was my hubris, my namesake: the arrogance of pride and passion. Hope Hubris, the foolish dream of glory" (p. 31).

"My genius is reading (and making an impression on) other people, while Spirit's is organizational. We have always been a team, and there is no shame in that" (p. 49).

"Saturnine perceives an opportunity to achieve a significant advantage during your period of indecision, which will not only put Jupiter on the defensive but will thoroughly refute dissent in their own population" (p. 64).

"I was being forced into exactly the kind of dirty secret dealings I had condemned in Tocsin" (p. 85).

"The civilian populations of each planet were hostage to the Navy of the other. Karzhinov was not secure from that, and neither was I. We would both be dead men once the war began. But Karzhinov was a coward and I...