The Bloody-Nine opened his mouth, and shrieked out all of his bottomless love and his endless hate in one long wail.

Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.

Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.

Sometimes it doesn't matter too much what choice you make, as long as you make it quick and stick to it.

Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.

Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her.

Fear has made them sloppy. The world teeters at a precipe. All scared to take a step in case they put a foot into empty air. The instinct of self-preservation. It can destroy a man's efficiency.

It's hard to be done a favor by a man you hate. It's hard to hate him so much afterwards. Losing an enemy can be worse than losing a friend, if you've had him for long enough.

I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.

The lowly have small ambitions, and are satisfied with small indulgences. They need not get fair treatment. They need only think that they do...

Give Bethod a kick from me, once you have him under your boot.""That I will, unless he gets me under his.""Never easy, kicking upwards.

I know how to use a fellytone now.

Having to admit that you are depressed makes one feel less than. Broken. Yes, that's what it is. Broken.

Sadly, we live in a world where if you do good things, there are no financial rewards. If you poison the earth, there is a fortune to be made.

Someone who thinks of possessing a fountain made of a winged baby with water shooting out of its mouth must not have too many troubles.

I hope I died honorably. I have a great deal to atone for. - Eler Nersal

When Beethoven went deaf, the mynah bird just used to mime.

Novelty is both delightful and deceptive.

In my marriages, I'd lost parts of who I was because I was trying to mold myself into what I thought a man wanted me to be.

You know which title I like best? I like to be called mother.

Doing the impossible is the history of this nation. It is how this country was built