I'm Teoish," Sarene said, successfully spearing something that looked like a marinated piece of shrimp. "We're all this tall." "Father's Teoish too, Kaise," Daorn said. "And you know how tall he is." "But father's fat," Kaise pointed out. "Why aren't you fat too, Sarene?

Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.

Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.

Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you've decided to have me disposed of?