If, as Niko asks, you show them mercy, then the gods will be well pleased.

Go carefully, child of mat, where no mercy can be had, and let your faith lead you on.

Some nights, one wants to tell beloveds everything that's been waiting to be said. Some nights, a man needs flesh and blood and warm breath and a loving heart.

The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

He loves the world so much. I agree it would be a shame to take that love away from meadow and tree, stream and sky, and all that lives in nature, and leave them lonely.

Why is it we are always the targets of the angry Fates? Twice as many men of ours met harm as did theirs, since we've come here.

All gods are tricksters, and war gods worst of any.