This week all the Twitter (@sueannbowling) quotes but the last were from the same page in Storm Breaking by Mercedes Lackey, when one of the leshy’a Kal’enedral (probably Tarma) is speaking to Karal, commenting on how his teacher (Kero, who was one of Tarma’s students when Tarma was alive) has trained him.
“Know where all the exits are.”
“Never sit with your back to the door.”
“Watch the reflections.”
“Watch the shadows.”
“Keep your hands free and your weapons loose.”
“I’m being bombarded with Shin’a’in proverbs! What a terrible way to die!” This one is Karal’ s thought – he still hasn’t gotten a word in edgewise.
“I don’t want a computer reading my mind.” Sue Ann Bowling, Homecoming. Roi, when Coryn is offering to teach him how to use a mental interface to the school computer to enter his homework.