All Empires fall, All ages die, All strife shall be in vain. All Kings go down, All hope must fail, But Tanelorn remains Our Tanelorn remains.

All Empires fall, All ages die, All strife shall be in vain. All Kings go down, All hope must fail, But Tanelorn remains Our Tanelorn remains.

Heroes betray us. By having them, in real life, we betray ourselves.

By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad.

The problems for which I could find no solution in fact had no solution.

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

Because I had sought to challenge Destiny, Destiny had taken vengeance.