Brand a man as a thief and no one will ever hire him for honest labor - he will be a hardened robber within weeks. The brand does not reveal a person's nature, it shapes it.

It did seem hard to be doing something heroic while everyone was too busy to notice.

Words were dangerous when loosed. They were more powerful than cannon and more unpredictable than storms. They could turn men’s heads inside out and warp their destinies. They could pick up kingdoms and shake them until they rattled.

We always find it difficult to forgive our heroes for being human.

I'm never telling the truth again! It gets you hanged and locked out and starved and froze and hated . . .

Tea is the magic key to the vault where my brain is kept.

I am anything I wish to be. The world cannot choose for me. No, it is for me to choose what the world shall be.