As if he hadn't always known he was loved the best. That he was the Beloved.

And the world re-ordered itself around me. I spoke each word carefully. 'You are so stupid.

Some part of me knew that was important. That once it would have mattered terribly to me.

For he was the Fool now, all of Lord Chance and Lady Amber and Lord Golden scraped away by sorrow. He was no one's Beloved now.

I lied to hurt you. For letting him be dead while you lived. For being loved by him more than he loved me!He loved you more than he ever loved any of the rest of us!

Those were some astounding lies, cub. And the very last one the most inspired of all. You have your father's talent for it.

I was dying. And I had never been enough for anything.

If he ever wanted vengeance on me for all I did, he has it now. This is the worst thing he could do to me. Now I know how it feels to be left behind. As I left him.

It's not the sort of thing one asks of a friend. He hasn't offered, and I will not ask it. I will not tear him that way. I am trying to let go. I don't know how.

Dragons don't bother with introductions.

Did you feel that?' I asked him.He smiled sadly. 'Fitz, I have never needed to touch you to feel that. It was always there. No limits.

But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well.

By the time I'm nine I know the world is a dangerous place.  I've heard whispers about razorblades in apples, about Charlie Manson and his family.  But no one is offering any clear information.

... the only thing that makes life worthwhile is loving orher people and being loved by them. - Pia Obrian

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the idea that after all God will not help him

It is our job to listen to God and let Him tell us what is going on and what we are to do about it - leaving the rest to Him to work out according to His knowledge and will, not ours.

There is no greater thing two friends can do for each other than simply to be each other's friends.

God will recruit as necessary from the human cast in order to reorder human history.

Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions.