Live to fight on other days.

There must be love, and understanding, to betray. Most men haven't the wit or the honor for betrayal: not to know it when they see it; not the stomach to apprehend it as they do it. Most men, blind and dumb in their self-centeredness, don't betray: they merely disappoint.

Something awful is always going to happen, Arton. It's Sanctuary. You're a Stepson. Awful is a big part of your job.

Nothing walks the earth more savage than a mare enraged.

You have crossbows: Shoot early; shoot often.

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

No ethos, pursued without thought or mercy, is ethical.