“Mother, I share your concern, but I do not know how to be afraid of what I cannot change."- Sari”

“We have accepted it as our unique problem and the fate of our kingdom and have found ways to live on without the sun. We all can be happy if we choose to be."- Sari”

“My king, I do not know all things but I do know that we mortals cannot orchestrate for the gods what they have agreed to accomplish.”

“Not so long afterwards it was broad day light in Iluji for the first time ever.”

“To do what you want is not a privilege. It is a curse. It is the curse of ordinary men. Men with no responsibilities do whatever they want. Common men with no value and self worth do whatever they ...”

“Father, you are asking me to sacrifice the only girl I love so you can openly have the woman you love.”

“I've been thinking of something your father said - that the true measure of love is what one is willing to give up for it. He was talking about freedom - fighting for liberty. But I believe 'tis th...”

“Those of us who are most genuinely repelled by war and violence are also those who are most likely to decide that some things, after all, are worth fighting for.”

“Was it permitted to believe that there was nowhere upon the earth, or above the earth, a heaven for hogs, where they were requited for all this suffering? Each one of these hogs was a separate crea...”