I am the victor. In the end nothing else matters.

Root of a tree, fruit of a vine, let me pass by this blood of mine.

I cannot prove that gods do not exist. Nor can I prove that the world and everything in it was not created by an entity or entities in the distant past. But I can tell you that in the millennia we elves have studied nature, we have never witnessed an instance where the rules that govern the world have been broken. That is, we have never seen a miracle. Many events have defied our ability to explain, but we are convinced that we failed because we are still woefully ignorant about the universe and not because a deity altered the workings of nature.

Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

I built two forges when I was in my teens. I was just really, really into metalworking and making stuff.

Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.

Better to die than to live in fear.