Is the prisoner a prisoner because he lives in a cage or because he knows that he lives in a cage?

It is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction.

When gods die, self-respect buds', murmured Orland Fank. 'Gods and their examples are not needed by those who respect themselves and, consequently, respect others. Gods are for children, for little, fearful people, for those who would have no responsibility to themselves or their fellows.

Treasures are not won by care and forethought but by swift slaying and reckless attack.

Legends are best left as legends and attempts to make them real are rarely successful

Trapped. Sinking. Can't be myself. Made into what other people expect. Is that everyone's fate? Were the great individualists the products of their friends who wanted a great individualist as a friend?

Destiny's Champion, Fate's fool. Eternity's Soldier, Time's Tool.