A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.

Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.

Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

The man who fears losing has already lost.

Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths.

I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.

A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.

Laughter is poison to fear.

Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.

A ‘white’ kid that asks too many questions is called *curious.* A ‘black’ kid that asks too many questions is called *forward.*

Ah, sir, that's just mean. She's not a Victoria's Secret model. but she's pretty in her way.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

I think it very wrong to pray for people while they are in distress and then not to continue praying, now with thanksgiving, when they are relieved.

Imperialism was born when the ruling class in capitalist production came up against national limits to its economic expansion.

All art has this characteristic-it unites people.

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.

Be sure that debt does not exceed 100% of the equity.

I was 12 when my father passed, so I didn't have a father during my teenage years.