the illusion that power lies within the hands of the common man is more important than legitimate efficiency within the government.

Woe is the mind of the common man, so easily controlled by the prospect of an ambition never to be truly attained. This is what tyrants live on and by what commoners are blissfully burdened...

there are some some times in life where you have to let your feelings go and do what must be done

Animals do not respect their master’s brother, but they do respect their brothers as masters.

Heralds don’t sing about men who lived in orthodoxy or played it safe, they sing about men who lived an uncertain future and took enough risks to make your head spin.

The festive music died down and the granite pillars were replaced with rotted wooden beams as he continued down the alleyways. The scent of fresh flowers turned to mold, and the colorful mosiacs of honor...

the bleakest situations bring out the hospitality in all of us, but it’s during the harshest we find out how strong we really are.

He is a free man, not because is in a poition of political power and influence that you will never be able to achieve, and not because he has more character and heart in his...

We can’t change the world by shouting, but our words can have meaning if we give them enough respect.

There is no right or wrong, only what we believe is more right or more wrong

They were rebellious through their artistic expression and their uplifting spirits

Let your dissent fuel you, your anger inspire you, your rage convey you, and your fury strike a chilling fear onto the spines of your enemies.

With the threat of them being potential spies or saboteurs, nobody will argue against our actions, and history itself will vindicate us.

a true leader must be able to command with an iron fist, not just a humble heart.

While parchment may burn and gold may be stained or melted down, the things that are truly important to us will never lose their value.

War was easy. The hard part was cleaning up afterward.

Do not forget about the butterflies.

Love is not measured by acts or years, but by truth between two people.

If we truly detach from our childhood and abandon our inherent romanticism, then we shred any bit of humanity left in us.

Some justice, though did not deal with kindheartedness or good feeling toward others. No, justice had a darker side, a gray area where it mingled alongside vengeance, and only the wise and pure of heart...

Hate did not give way to heroism.

Respect the dead, learn from them, do not follow or avenge them.

The dominoes of fate are falling down as we are speaking, and Ferriar knows what will happen when the last one crashes down.

Even though we don’t admit it, every single one of us aspires to be like somebody, whether they live in the world today, within the bard’s lyrics, or on the pages in the Library

We must kill the guard before we can enter the palace.

Milcas raced out his door, anxious to find the answer to this riddle and discover the source of hope for a Roegan in Fargranther; the propellant of an unheard of, forgotten, impossible, and by all...

it’s through the simple things in life, through its games, when our minds mature the most and we grow knowledgeable. It’s also when the cloth masks of our outer, false personalities are torn asunder, and...

It had become their creation, and they all would know it.

A true leader is not meant to be greeted with unanimous praise by his people. A leader is meant to be questioned, to be suspect, to be hated. If he is not, then one can...

Before I fix the world, I have to fix myself.