Somethings were meant to be and somethings were just meant to be good stories

I think I liked you better when you were a raging idiot.

Sometimes 'Hmm' is the wisest thing to say.

Everything in the world was about creativity: belief and creation. Storytelling was the essence of both.

Dream of me, my beloved family, happy in my plundering and adventuring, for when the waves rock me to sleep tonight, I will be dreaming of you.

The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times.

We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may.

First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.

Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart.

Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you were too afraid to find the answer to?

He could not change the man he had been, but these hands would make him the man he could be

It is the purpose of government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved.

I trust God, but He trusted me first. I love God, but He loved me first.

The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well.

My painting represents the victory of the forces of darkness and peace over the powers of light and evil.

If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old people like it!

Anything short of the discipline and honesty of a true gold coin standard will inevitably self-destruct, consuming our wealth and liberties, and nurturing the omnipotent state.

It is the bane and the balm of individual perception that 'objective' reality is seen through the filter of each person's temperament.

I'm still getting to the good part / the breaking down / learning how to write my story.

When you have so much pain, you think you will lose consciousness. If you say to yourself, ‘So what, lose consciousness,’ the pain goes away.

That same manne, that renneth awaye,Maye again fight, an other daye.