Anticipating pain was like enduring it twice. Why not anticipate pleasure instead?

Besides, if there were no dragons of flesh and blood and fire, whence would come the idea for these stone carvings?

Everyone thinks that courage is about facing death without flinching. But almost anyone can do that. Almost anyone can hold their breath and not scream for as long as it takes to die. True courage is about facing life without flinching. I don't mean the times when the right path is hard, but glorious at the end. I'm talking about enduring the boredom, the messiness, and the inconvenience of doing what is right. ~Amber

A time when it is far too early to arise, but so late that going to bed makes small sense.

learning is never wrong. Even learning how to kill isn't wrong. Or right. It's just a thing to learn, a thing I can teach you. That's all.

No. This is right. I feel it. I am the Catalyst, and I came to change all things. Prophets become warriors, dragons hunt as wolves. Fitz in Assassin's Quest

Don’t do what you can’t undo, until you’ve considered what you can’t do once you’ve done it.