Should and would build no bridges.

The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, Perrin. We've become what we needed to become."- Rand Al'Thor

Fantasy is an area where it is possible to talk about right and wrong, good and evil, with a straight face. In mainstream fiction and even in a good deal of mystery, these things are presented as simply two sides of the same coin. Never really more than a matter of where you happen to be standing.

Some said Delana was sucessful as a mediator because both sides would agree just to make her stop staring at them.

I grew up around strong women; weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy.

Why, that's like being told to go up in the hills to find lions, only you do not know whether there are any lions, but if there are, they may be hunting you, and they may be disguised as bushes. Oh, and if you find any lions, try not to let them eat you before you can tell where they are. -Elayne

If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.