But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize, their heart's desire, their dream... But the price of getting what you want, is getting what you once wanted.

People talk about escapism as if it's a bad thing... Once you've escaped, once you come back, the world is not the same as when you left it. You come back to it with skills, weapons, knowledge you didn't have before. Then you are better equipped to deal with your current reality.

It's one thing to want money, but if you find yourself choking on a coin as you wake, the money is slightly less desirable.

Spiders' webs only have to be large enough to catch flies.

I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.

It does not matter where you come from, if you walk toward the truth you will reach it, whatever path you take.

Everything that is,casts a shadow