What will you do now?' I think I will become a monk and devote my entire life to prayer and good works.' No,' said Rek. 'I mean, what will you do today?' Ah! Today I'll get drunk and go whoring,' said Bowman.

I caught a pebble in the moonlight.

A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.

Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. A child afraid of the dark who one day blows out the candle; a women terrified of the pain of childbirth who says, 'It is time to become a mother'. Heroism does not always live on the battlefield.

Life is a struggle, from the agonies of birth to the railing against death. Devour or be devoured. The law of the wild.

May all your dreams but one come true, for what is life without a dream?

There are times, Sember, when I could believe your mother had a secret lover. Looking at you makes me wonder if it was one of my goats.