After the coronation day a lot of
things had to be fixed. A few of the Amberites stayed in Amber to
take care of things, other left for various places. Below are the
juiciest quotes.
Folly, regarding her mother
I mean, for all that she's... had everybody, she doesn't really
have anybody, y'know?"
Robin really likes the city
"This place just wears me down, mon frere. 'Come to
magnificent Castle Amber. Wonder at the incredible cacophony.
Thrill to odors you never knew existed. Bask in the delicious bug-in-a-bell-jar
ambiance.'" Robin wrinkles her nose and sticks out her
tongue.
So now we know Fiona's morning temper is
bad
Bleys opens his eyes and looks at Conner. "I have two
unpalatable choices, Conner. Waking your mother to tell her that
Mother has Brita or failing to wake your mother to tell her that
Mother has Brita."
Don't ever let Bleys run breeding
experiments
"Grandmother seems a rare person." Conner
comments. "I haven't even met her and I dislike her
immensely. That takes talent."
Bleys:"Oh, she's not so bad, just opinionated. Imagine a
cross between Brita and Lucas."
Vere, the family therapist of Amber?
James: Vere and Paige do seem to have a *slightly*
different approach to handling relationships...
Paige, hands on hips: Care to elaborate on your views there,
buster?
Vere: Oh, nothing, nothing. It's just that *some* people actually
*listen* to their lovers before starting a fight with them....
[Puts hands in pockets and whistles innocently]
Martin (Ginger): Lalalalalalalalala I'm on a beach with my
girlfriend and can't hear any of this lalalalalalalalala
I simply liked this thing Vere said
Vere nods. "I have heard a theory," he says,
"That the Pattern makes us more what we already are, that it
makes the core truth of our being more accessible, more *real*."
He smiles. "Before I came to Amber, freedom was what I
wanted. Freedom from the marriage my mother would eventually
decide was politically advantageous, freedom from the
expectations I believed my parents had for me, freedom from the
limitations that my homeland placed upon what I could be. Now, as
I face the prospect of gaining the power to give me that freedom,
I find that those obligations have all been replaced by equally
binding ones that *I* have chosen." He pauses and considers
for a few moments before continuing, "And I find that I have
no regrets. Strange, is it not?"
It's out...Corwin, on Dworkin
"Apparently he was Dad's father."
Lucas knows his place in the world...
Lucas(GM): his ear cut off: Lucas lies back again,
frowning a little. "One presumes that one's mutilation,
shocking though it is, was not the only objective of these
barbarians."
...and also what is important.
Lucas (now Mel): "If it pleases you, you may rescind
the cigars and substitute a suitably coloured energy drink for
the brandy. Only I shall insist upon a decanter and a balloon
glass. One has appearances to maintain, after all."
A microphone, a mixer and a bandstation
makes no Heaven
Folly, to Soren: "What, you don't think you're going
to a recording studio when you die?"
Not a bad power, that
Karen: I'm beginning to suspect "Always Gets The Comfy Chair"
is Jerod's zero-point power.
Total protonic reversal coming?
Clarissa: Her attention turns to Ambrose. "I thought
we'd agreed that you wouldn't Part the Veil so often anymore, my
boy. Your dear father told me that it was bad for the fabric of
the universe, remember?"
That's probably true for more than her
name
Michael: Clarissa is like Cher or Sauron. Only lesser people need
more than one name.
When Lilly is kissed by Paige, she...eh...very
well
Closing her yes for a moment she takes a deep breath.
I am sure Lucas would be amused
Arref: the Celina diaries: entry 1.203.17 file Lucas under
'L' for locks Large Lucas-proof Locks
Conner on communication problems
"I would introduce Thalia of Gateway but as you can see
she's unconscious right now."
Now Celina knows her family consists of
nutcases
GM, Michael: Merlin has had a ghostly chat with thin air.
"Welcome to the Family, Kid," says Brennan. "Ghostly
chats with thin air will be commonplace before we're done with
you."
Not much to go on
Lilly: She was basing her trust solely on the fact Paige
trusted him. Paige the redhead. No one trusted the redheads.
Is dressing in black silly?
Celina on Merlin, Corwin and Jerod: "It just struck
me that you are all related. It's charming in a..." --silly
mannish way.-- "...way I hope will become familiar to me."
Even in Texorami kids grow up
Folly: "What is WITH you people?!" she exclaims.
"I turn my back for TWO SECONDS, and you all turn into GROWN-UPS!"
Bad Karma, Jerod...
Ginger:It occurs to me that I'm really looking forward to
seeing Jerod loose in a combat.
Dear Grandma!
Brennan hugs Clarissa: To Reid and Paige, Brennan looks a bit
like a four-year-old tolerating the ancient relative who smells
of baby powder and perfume long since gone to alcohol covering
the smell of false teeth.
In his dreams Lucas is even more witty
Lucas: "It was indeed a masterful epithet, containing
a sublime admixture of bile, wit and pungency in two crystal
clear and well-honed sentences. But, alas! How often are we going
to find Amber over-run by incontinent camels in a winter blizzard
that produces blue snow? For those were the circumstances of my
dream, and without that context, all my words would be wasted."
Some ladies might not agree
Lady Vesper: "There is concern about Royal
favoritism, but most people are quiet, because they think we
shall be going back to war."
"Oh," says Lucas, "who with? Revenge for the
attack on the Masquerade, do you suppose? The War of Lucas's Ear
has a ring to it, but only in the way that over-filled cash
registers ring at sale time. Disproportionate for the effort
involved by all parties."
New book: The physics of House of Cards
Brennan, to Vialle: Brennan nods compliance.
John:You know why this works?
Because Brennan's head is so empty, it RATTLES when he nods.
That's why.
No one else could get away with nodding to the blind queen.
In Asgard we play
music the hard way
Reid gives a "I'm giving it my best but really
haven't been able to make heads-nor-tales of it" shrug...
one that she might recognize from some of his early teaching
experiences.
Monica:[yeah, the ones when Brita just wasn't getting how to play
Bethoven's 5th on the lute]
The universal solution
Brennan: "You can offer to kill Daeon, too, to
prevent Artemis *or* Calliste from rising ascendant!"
For the briefest of moments this struck Lilly as a not-so-bad
idea
Not likely
Brennan: "Lucas? Are you trying to be... helpful?"
But isn't that what you always been
longing for
John: ...it's probably a really good thing that Brennan doesn't
know anything about the Jovian-Flora thread....!
Mel: You think =Brennan= would have problems with it? Wait till
you hear =Lucas= on the subject of having to call Jovian 'Dad'.
His greatest fear
Steve: I'm going to love it when Jovian gets his 'no bonking'
lecture.
Leslie: Duuuuddde! It's not 'no bonking' -- it's no *breeding!*
Very important difference.
And honestly, telling Jovian not to bonk is like telling him not
to breathe.
It is confirmed once more
Lady Vesper: "Sir Jovian, if I recall. He may well be
the best dancer in Amber, Lucas. He certainly will never lack
partners."
"I am sure of it," says Lucas with perfect sinceriity.
"What woman would want to refuse a man famed for possessing
such a large dragon?"
Not in the same league
John/Brennan: Aw, crap.
Blake/Jerod: Hey, that's my line...:)
Brennan: Your previously unknown sister is beloved by almost all,
and wouldn't threaten a graham cracker if she were dying of
hunger and drowning in milk.
My previously unknown brother helps kidnap Brita and drags me
along to meet my previously unknown sister, who is a raging,
hissing, probably acid spitting demon goddess.
I think I'm entitled....
Now that is a scary prospect
John: If Daeon falls afoul of Clarissa, the vaunted
fertility god may find *himself* pregnant.
Not impossible
Garrett, to Lilly: "And you can keep all that
information in your head? That's amazing, ma'am. Is it just name,
rank and job description or do you know everyone's deep, dark
secrets as well?"
This page was updated 30 okt 2004.