We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.

A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.

Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.

Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

The man who fears losing has already lost.

Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths.

I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.

A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.

Laughter is poison to fear.

Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.

In Spring! In the creation of art it must be as it is in Spring!

Government holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force.

The American people, whether you are Democrat, independent, Republican, progressive, conservative, do not believe corporations are people or that corporations should be able to buy elections.

Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now with climate change, yet we dither.

Truth defies simplicity.

The Internet is the trailer park for the soul.

If you are going truly viral, you don't need press. I mean, MySpace grew for a very long time without any press.

I believe in - I am proud to belong to - the United States.

Round the world and home again, that's the sailor's way!