Nothing powers hate better than embarrassment.

I survive. I survived it all then and I'll survive the rest of it. Without your help.

A wise one determines his own fate.

The gods want to bring a better day, and you are their messengers. Trust not in all you see. Trust only in your hearts. And in us, who love you both.

Death is a doorway, Niko, that leads to an adventure greater than any you have ever known.

The city guardsmen were like the keres, doom-bringers of merciless vengeance.

Then what difference does human striving make: mortal struggle, valor, pain? If you live, then live for the test of spirit, for the celebration of the heart. Live to fight on other days. Lose your beloveds one by one. And remember. Exalt the kiss of friend and horse and wind and sun, which venality cannot cheapen nor stupidity belittle.