"It was suicide, wasn't it?" "In an involuntary sort of way," said Vorob'yev. "These Cetagandan political suicides can get awfully messy, when the principal won't cooperate." "Thirty-two stab wounds in the back, worst case of suicide they ever saw?" murmured Ivan, clearly fascinated by the gossip. "Exactly, my lord."

The most important thing about quests, he decided, was not in finding what you went looking for, but in finding what you never could have imagined before you ventured forth.

The principle difference between heaven and hell is the company you keep there.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

An honor is not diminished for being shared.

I've got forward momentum. There's no virtue in it. It's just a balancing act. I don't dare stop.

I'm sorry. I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you.