But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.

I am mountains that crush. I am waves that crash. I am storms that shatter. I am the end.

You see the dilemma?” Ham asked. “I see an idiot,” Breeze mumbled.

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

If we must put our head into the lion’s mouth, let us make certain that he chokes upon our flesh!

I froze, shocked. (And don't try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)

I had Eondel teach me," Raoden said. "Back when I was trying to find ways to prove that my father's laws were foolish. Eondel chose fencing becausehe thought it would be most useful to me, as a politician. I never figured I'd end up using it to keep my wife from slicing me to pieces.