“Raithe enjoyed a good campfire. Something comforting about the dancing light, the smell of smoke, and the way his face and chest were hot but his backside cold. He sensed a profound meaning in this...”

“When you expect nothing from the world - not the light of the sun, the wet of water, nor the air to breathe - everything is a wonder and every moment a gift.”

“There always seemed to be a better way, except when it came to people. Once broken, people couldn't be repaired.”

“See, thats the difference, Mauvin said. I suffer a loss and people console me. Royce suffers a loss and whole towns evacuate.”

“It was a trap after all, Alric said. He turned to Royce. My apologies for doubting your sound paranoia.”

“I know nothing about war. But let me tell you what I believe. I think running from responsibility breeds self-loathing and despair. I think people can, and do, rise to the occasion, and even a sing...”

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”

“As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.”

“What a curious power words have.”

“I see your point. It irks you to see anyone at all who is able to work permitted to live without working. But why do you consider work a virtue?”

“Those who have wisdom have all:Fools with all have nothing.”

“Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered.”

“There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.”

“I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.”

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.”