“I belong to no one. On this night, I swear to you that I will rise above everything youve ever taught me. I will become a force that this world has never known. I will come into such power that non...”

“Your strengths might make you hard to approach, and might make your words sound uglier than what you actually mean, but they also make people look up to you.”

“I have never known the mind of a wolf hunting a deer, but I imagine it must feel a little like this: the twisted excitement of seeing the weak and wounded cowering before you, the knowledge that, i...”

“A free state is a corporate state.”

“I receive emails from readers that both break my heart and give me a profound sense of connection. Several months ago, I received an email from a teacher who told me that 'Legend' was the first boo...”

“We determine whether a book is for boys or girls long before the reader gets a chance to decide: we package them with soldiers and ballet slippers on their covers, war machines and glittering gowns.”

“My wandering has led me to the beginning of our journey together. I suppose it's only fitting for me to be here at that journey's end.”

“You don't always need to know your destination when you set out on a journey.”

“On a journey the face of reality changes with the mountains and rivers, with the architecture of the buildings, the layout of the gardens, with the language, the skin colour. And yesterdays reality...”

“If you think it long and mad the wind of banners that passes through my lifeAnd you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have rootsRememberThat on that day, at that hour, I shall li...”