Death was kind.” He drew a sharp breath. “But no father should have to give such a kindness to his child.

Let's go to Valhalla with the sun on our faces.

Humanity can be divided into madmen and cowards. My personal tragedy is in being born into a world where sanity is held to be a character flaw.

No man should go to Valhalla with brothel rash.

A warrior fears the battle he missed. More than any fight he can make his own, he fears the fight that’s gone, that ended without him, that no feat of arms can change.

When you become a father, it changes you." Snorri spoke towards the fire’s glow. "You see the world in new ways. Those who are not changed were not properly men to begin with.

Out here you need to live in the moments. Watch the world. You're a young man, Jal, a child who's refused to grow up. Do it now, or you'll die a young man.

Men who’ve made choices always feel they own their destiny. Few ever think to ask who shaped and offered up those choices. Who dangles the carrot they think they’ve chosen to follow.

To err is human, to forgive is divine... but I’m only a cardinal and cardinals are human, so rather than forgiving you I’m going to err towards beating you with this stick.

Sometimes our worst fears aren't realized - though in my experience it's only to make room for the fears our imagination was insufficient to house.

There are no other choices for you, Prince Jalan, and when there are no choices all men are equally brave.

Words are more dangerous than swords and guns. They reach further and hurt deeper.

As long as you are alive and in good health, everything else will come with time through hard work.

We recruit for attitude and train for skill,

Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust.

I think when people talk about improvising it turns into this silly thing like, "Oh there's like a hula hoop there and I'm like 'Oh what's going on here? Is this a really big ring?'"

Liberals have always opposed the concept of an independent nuclear deterrent.

If you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds.

My house is not James Bondish at all. Sorry.

You can fake intelligence, but you can't fake wit.

We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.