Do you know the wish of your heart?" - The Darkest Road

Irritation for some men was their response to strain.

Words were power, words tried to change you, to shape bridges of longing that no one could ever really cross.

Some writers later, describing the events of that night and day, wrote that Wan'yen of the Altai had seen a spirit-dragon of the river and become afraid. Writers do that sort of thing. They like dragons in their tales.

You have to be afraid for it to count as bravery.

But if you couldn't do everything, did that mean you did nothing?

Ice is for death and endings.