The truth was only another mask, even if it was the best fit, the closest to skin and all that lay beneath

Generally, I like to appear smart. I don't admit being stupid when there's any hope I'm not.

The truth was only another mask, even if it was the best fit, the closest to skin and all that lay beneath

I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of good manners.

In youth,' he said, speaking as if from a great distance, 'we believe, and the death of belief forces us to disavow all belief. But that disavowal, time softens, and if we do not believe, we hope. Belief is easier to kill, somehow, and its death easier to bear.

The look he gave her made her turn away for a moment. Sometimes you couldn’t look too closely at another person’s pain.

Trying," he said at last, "is good. It always is. But failing? Everyone fails, one time or another. It's how you deal with failure that counts, in the end. It's the successes that you're known for-but it's the failures make you what you are.