A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

...if you dance with dragons, you must expect to burn.

He had found over the years that silence sometimes yielded more than questions. And so it was this time.

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy. But, I wanted to put a somewhat different spin on it. The whole trope of absolute good versus absolute evil, which was wonderful in the hands of J.R. Tolkien, became cliche and rote in the hands of the many Tolkien imitators that followed.

Valar Morghulis - All men must die.

In the end words are just wind.

And all was black and still, and black and cold, and black and dead, and black.