A.J. Demas

“In Luth poetry, there was a formula used to indicate a very beautiful woman: you would fall off your horse trying to keep looking at her, as you rode past. That was what the Phemian Adares was like. He had a face like one of the gods painted on the Kossian urns that stood in the summer hall of the kahar- except that unlike them he was always breaking into a smile. And such a smile. You would fall off your horse.”
― A.J. Demas, Something Human

“That reminded Rus of Kuth saying the Kossians didn't respect their women. Neither did the Luth, really, when you scratched beneath the surface. You didn't use "womanly" as an insult for men if you truly esteemed women. It made him sad to think about.”
― A.J. Demas, Something Human