For the longest time I studied revenge to the exclusion of all else. I built my first torture chamber in the dark vaults of imagination. Lying on bloody sheets in the Healing Hall I discovered doors within my mind that I'd not found before, doors that even a child of nine knows should not be opened. Doors that never close again. I threw them wide.

Most men have at least one redeeming feature. Finding one for Brother Rike requires a stretch. Is 'big' a redeeming feature?

Cowards make the best torturers. Cowards understand fear and they can use it

It never pays to walk blindly. Especially not in your own castle where familiarity hides so much - even when we have the eyes to see.

I may be running out of options, but running out isn't an option.

I've always felt that the placement of a man's testicles is an eloquent argument against intelligent design.

I've always seen 'no' as a challenge rather than an answer.