It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

There is more beauty in truth, even if it is a dreadful beauty. The storytellers at the city gate twist life so that it looks sweet to the lazy and the stupid and the weak, and this only strengthens their infirmities and teaches nothing, cures nothing, nor does it let the heart soar.

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

You are not a man anymore. You are a soldier. Your comfort is of no importance and your life isn't of much importance. Most of your orders will be unpleasant, but that's not your business. They should've trained you for this, and not for flower-strewn streets. They should have built your soul with truth, not led along with lies.

I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.

Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.