Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that will not give. More importantly, don't shove where a pat would be sufficient.

It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.

How do you 'accidentally' kill a noble man in his own mansion?" "With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest.

Here, in Alethkar, men often spoke of the legends -- of mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers. But when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.

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

A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.

Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.