Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon

Storms rumble beyond the horizon, and the fires of heaven purge the earth. There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death.

Hardness shatters; strength endures.

What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.

You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.

Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?

She’s not for you, nor you for her; at least, not in the way you both want.