And Kushiel sends no punishment that we are not fit to bear.

What's the point of being a grown-up if you can't indulge the kid inside you every now and then?

What is fear but courage's shadow?

All knowledge is worth having

Garner knowledge, by any means possible

There are those who do not hold that there is any innate goodness to mankind. To them I say, had you lived my life, you would not believe it. I have known the depths to which mortals are capable of descending, and I have seen the heights. I have seen how kindness and compassion may grow in the unlikeliest of places, as the mountain flower forces its way through the stern rock.

We are all these things [...]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more than human, that is the star by which we must set our sights.