Can’t trust no one else to do what you won’t do for yourself.

Fear and pain can only touch you if you let them.

Embrace the pain, Sharum.

To shift a few grains of sand is no more a sign of great strength than to see the sun a sign of great sight. There is no glory in dominating the weak.

All men are brothers in the night.

He feared no challenger face-to-face, but war was deception, as Khevat had taught him, and not all men fought their enemies with spear and fist.

Folk can’t learn their lessons if they skip school.

My father said the weakest camel draws the wolves.” “Mine told me to hide until the wolves go away, ” Abban replied.

Weakness shown is worse than weakness felt.

Letting your guard down, even for a moment, invites death.

I have rare moments of competence.

What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common....

When you tire of living, change itself seems evil, does it not? for then any change at all disturbs the deathlike peace of the life-weary.

The moment you feel like you need to prove yourself, is the moment you need to be silent and walk away.

Life no longer felt meaningless. It felt stressful and terrifying, but it definitely didn't feel meaningless.

Who can refute a sneer?

Usually, ordinary histories don't get the emotional feel of a period. That's what a novel can do.

There are few things in the world that we don't know. Science has explained everything away.

See I'm humble but I live fame, for more deals on the table than a Bridge game.

If somebody is deemed more talented within the confines of the school it doesn't mean they're going to have the most successful career.

There is always death at the end of your plan and life at the end of God's plan.