Men cannot grieve as dogs do. But they grieve for many years.

When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.

One must plan for the future and anticipate the future without fearing the future.

I think that old magic draws much of its strength from that acknowledgment: that we are a part of that world.

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

Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there any more.

Be a man. Discover where you are now, and go on from there, making the best of things. accept your life, and you might survive it. If you hold back from it, insisting this is not your life, not where you are meant to be, life will pass you by. You may not die from such foolishness, but you might as well be dead for all the good your life will do you or anyone else.