And, Kar, love is not a commandment, it is a need, as real as eating.

Mamma," whispered Rannoch as he nestled by her side, "what is man?" Bracken looked into her calf's eyes. "Man? Man is something you must always fear." "But why must I fear him?" asked Rannoch. "Because, my little one...man is cruel and cold. He eats up everything he touches. He enslaves Lera and breaks the laws of the forest. Because, Rannoch, he is the only creature that hunts without need.

Real courage is not to give up hope, even in the most terrible darkness, and to carry on. That if courage and love is deep as despair, deeper, then light may come again

Everything Dies. That is the law of life-the bitter unchangeable law

I'm frightened of nothing anymore," answered Fell simply, "except lies. For they're the real killers.

The deer hovered by the trees beyond as the sounds of the ravening wolves came to them across the grass, their own senses almost frozen in impotent horror.

In that moment she learnt one of the greatest secrets of life: It is often easier to fight for others than it is for yourself.