Life was never simple, happiness never where you thought you'd left it, and right and wrong no more fixed than clouds in the sky.
Wanting neither too much to live, nor too much to die.
I am always yours to call, wherever the sea can reach.
Death's easy to find. If She wants you, you'll meet Her here as well as anywhere.
Something awful is always going to happen, Arton. It's Sanctuary. You're a Stepson. Awful is a big part of your job.
Wisdom, Niko thought as he leaned his cheek against his long-handled rake, cannot be had without price. And that price is blood. The sound of it in your veins. The pound of it in your head. The volume of it in a human body; the sickness when you've spilled it.