They fight like puppies. They are young, and boys. They are full of anger and impatience. Women have less trouble with these things. It's part of what makes us better fighters.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.

I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.

Death was like an unpleasant neighbor. You didn’t talk about him for fear he might hear you and decide to pay a visit.

Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry.

My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.

Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.

The great mass of people judge well of things, for they are in natural ignorance, which is man's true state.

The plain truth is that the period I study is the 16th century, and they were absolutely obsessed with witches and spiritual beings.

Freedom. I will not give you up.

Emotions are the fuel and the mind is the pilot which together propel the ship of civilized progress.

It is an open secret that Jews do not work, but rather let others work for them.

Stunned and still not suffering. Swollen with care and anxiety and still not suffering. Useless, old and full of grief, but still not suffering.

Life is short, God's way of encouraging a bit of focus.

I've cheated myself: there are other things I could have done to fill out the bouquet of my career.

To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.

I have a toy poodle, Shadow. She's a little whippersnapper! And I love little monkeys.