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

Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.

You read too much and understand too little.

Thus is our treaty written; thus is agreement made. Thought is the arrow of time; memory never fades. What was asked is given; the price is paid.

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.

I surrender to it, and by surrendering, I control it.

If it's not forbidden, then it's allowed