The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.

I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book.

Remember, the past need not become our future as well.

He smiled despite the grief he felt at the deaths of his men; he smiled because that was what he did. That was how he proved to the Lord Ruler-and to himself-that he wasn't beaten.

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

The ways of Wayne are mysterious and incomprehensible.

My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table.