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

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.

Good men don't become legends," he said quietly. "Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's right anyway.

That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.

Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess.

To age truly was to suffer the ultimate treason, that of one's body against oneself.

It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.