And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history? If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.

Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.

You could make a poultice out of mud to cool a fever. You could plant seeds in mud and grow a crop to feed your children. Mud would nourish you, where fire would only consume you, but fools and children and young girls would choose fire every time.

You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you.

Reading. That was the sport I was good at.

One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found.