A man should never give promises in bed.

I will hate the man you choose because he is not me, and love him if he makes you smile. No woman deserves the sure knowledge of widow’s black as her brideprice, you least of all.

We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of the thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts, and tore the world asunder.

Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses for too long.

The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.

Some men […] choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to choose than to be forced. A man who is forced is never completely his own master. He must dance on the strings of those who forced him.

Sometimes, pain is all that lets you know you're alive.