When a kingdom rests on it, I always expect difficulty. Then, if there is none, no blame. But if there is, one is prepared.

I have lived most of my life in soldiers’ camps. I know what they saw. I know how they think. Their confidence sours as sudden as curdled milk.

I thought it best to add nothing further, to let the line of his thought lead him to his own conclusions.

Avner had lived too long and become too canny to claim the crown of Israel for himself.

Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.

No one sits, as you do, so close to a king, who does not begin to grasp how the levers of power work, and the cost of the oil that must grease them.

This night he was a king before he was a man. At this time, this troubled me. Later, I would have cause to wish it were always so.

He is able to put aside personal feelings and see the broad strokes. Experience counts in these things.

David ran through concrete advantages. And then set aside the practical. The pragmatist was gone, replaced by the poet and mystic.

If soldiering did not interest him, the soldiers themselves were another matter. He loved to sit with the men and draw out their first-hand stories of past campaigns.

The stories that grow up around a king are strong vines with a fierce grip.

With the strength of grace, we can survive any situation.

Don't wait for a future moment

The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.

I am pushed by those who believe in me, but motivated by those who don't.

I do not fall. I fell so hard so long ago there is nothing left for me to land on. I just keep falling and falling and falling.

The studio and road both have their charms. The studio allows me to be a mad scientist and the tour lets me feel like James Bond.

Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself.

Instead of using your thoughts, become your thoughts

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.

The texture of experience is prior to everything else.