I Write those words in steel for anything else not set in metal cannot be trusted

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.

How do you do that?” Mennis asked, frowning. “What?” “Smile so much.” “Oh, I’m just a happy person.

Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life.

Raoden looked up at his friend. "We're not dead, Galladon, and we're not damned. We're just unfinished.

I was ten,” I said. “Give me a little credit.” “To a boy with aspirations like that, I would extend my respect—but not credit. Or life insurance.” Abraham sounded amused. “You are an interesting man, David Charleston, but you sound like you were an even more interesting child.

A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.