That was the problem ... with trusting to the written word ... We were human, mortal and fallible. We forgot, we made errors, argued ambiguities, and twisted meanings to suit our own ends. And in doing so, mayhap we reshaped the gods themselves.

To have a traitor for an ally is to have an enemy in waiting

Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours?

Soon never comes soon enough to a young child.

I preferred a hard truth to a well-meant lie.

And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.

All knowledge is worth having