Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round.

The heart of wisdom is tolerance.

Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.

You must dismantle your sources, lest you do nothing but ape the prejudices of others

And over it all, the butterflies swarmed, like a million yellow-pettalled flowers dancing on swirling winds.

Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.

Your brain works with all the subtlety of a malicious child.

And in the city on all sides, the howling of the Hounds rose in an ear-shattering, soul-flailing crescendo. The Lord of Death had arrived, to walk the streets in the City of Blue Fire.

For we are all bound in stories, and as the years pile up they turn to stone, layer upon layer, building our lives.

No purer artist exists or has ever existed than a child freed to imagine.

You are very easily exasperated, my dear. If you're a leaf trembling on a wide, deep river, relax and ride the current. It's always worked for me, I assure you.

Beauty is the only master to serve.

You don't need to be smarter

Its snaky acids kiss.It petrifies the will. These are the isolate, slow faults That kill, that kill, that kill.

I like form and shape and strength in pictures.

It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.

Tongue; well that's a wery good thing when it an't a woman.

The effective strategies in politics are ones that are so clear and obvious that people can grasp it.

Comedy is the only hope for humanity.

Some people have recognized their friends in my paintings, but I'm not directly responsible for any hooking up as far as I know!

Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are!