There is a darkness in you. In all of us, probably. Beasts we keep chained. Ordinary men have to keep the chains strong, for if we let the beast loose then society will turn upon us with fiery vengeance. Kings though...well, who is there to turn upon them? So the chains are made of straw. It is the curse of kings, Helikaon, that they can become monsters. And they invariably do.

By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism

There is evil in all of us, and it is the mark of a man how he defies the evil within.

I make little distinction between those who commit evil and those who stand by and do nothing.

I have discovered in my long life that there are many words and phrases which have more power than any spell of magick. The most well-known of these is, of course, I love you. But by far the most deadly is, if only. For these two words can strip a man's strength, his courage and his confidence. They become the father of regret and anguish and pain.

I caught a pebble in the moonlight.

A warrior...must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.