...the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.""...a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.

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.

In the United States, in poetry workshops, it's now quite a thing to make graduate students learn poems by heart.

The means ought to be proportioned to the end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained.

I’ve lost so many people. Some I left on purpose and never looked back. Some were taken from me, and I never said good-bye.

I do have an obligation to make sure that I am following some of the rules. I can't simply ignore laws that are out there.

The trouble with good advice is that it usually interferes with our plans.

And the most dangerous place on earth - Is where you’re safe.

A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

The Eucharist is the supreme proof of the love of Jesus. After this, there is nothing more but Heaven itself

Let all the poison that lurks in the mud, hatch out.

Friendship isn't about whom you have known the longest...it's about who came, and never left your side.