This was not a man who wanted to give up his mate. This was a man trying to do the honorable thing—and give her a choice, no matter hiw much it cost him.

She wondered that hope was so much harder then despair.

Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life. ~ Bran

New rules. If you are smart enough to live, you won’t hit Charles’s mate in front of his father.

Then Walter died as he lived, he told his mate. A hero, a soldier, and a survivor who chose to protect what was precious to him. I don't think, if you could ask him, that he would have any regrets.

In search of that beat that my heart skipped when I first saw your beautiful soul...

I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.

The matters most debated in a deliberative body tend to be the minor ones where everybody understands the issues.

He thought about his people without sentimentality, with a strict closing of his accounts with life, beginning to understand how much he really loved the people he hated most.

I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream.

People find a sense of being, a sense of worth and substance being associated with land. Association with final roots gives us not only a history but proclaims us heirs to a future.

I write the songs first and in most cases teach myself the technique second.

Giving advice was a lot harder than following it.

Private Victory precedes Public Victory. Algebra comes before calculus.

If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance.