Life is not so simple. There are many futures. The life of a single person is like a great tree: every branch, every twig, every leaf is a possible future.

Miracles are merely events that happen just when they are needed.

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

To be truthful i am not entirely sure what people mean when they talk of happiness. There are moments of joy and laughter, the comfort of friendship, but enduring happiness? If it exists i have not found it

An enemy is like a man's most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground.

Our modern world, though infinitely more complex than that of ancient Greece, is also far more superficial. Where the Greeks offered simple psychological training, we live in an age of style and spin in which perceptions of good and evil slither and shift with the political view of the moment.

This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives.