Well, I was living it, but a shared dream half-lived is a hollow thing

What is fear but courage's shadow?

We are meant to taste of life ... and drink the cup of it to the dregs, bitter and sweet alike.

It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others

Whip us 'till we're on the floor, we'll turn around and ask for more, we're Phèdre's Boys! We like to hurt, we like to bleed, daily floggings do we need, we're Phèdre's Boys! Man or woman, we don't care, give us twins we'll take the pair! We're Phèdre's Boys! ...But just because we let you beat us, doesn't mean you can defeat us, we're Phèdre's Boys!

To recongnize that the treachery of one member of a house does not taint all born within it

A nervous silence loosens tongues