The man who must brag for himself knows that no one else will

To be part of a family, or any community, is to have duties and responsibility, to be bound by the rules of that group.

I began reading everyhing in the family library. Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe. And of course, if you're running out of books to read you can always read Shakespeare.

Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own freedom, too.

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.

Not all men are destined for greatness," I reminded him. "Are you sure, Fitz? Are you sure? What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? A sadder thing I cannot imagine. Why should not a mother say to herself, if I raise this child aright, if I love and care for her, she shall live a life that brings joy to those about her, and thus I have changed the world? Why should not the farmer that plants a seed say to his neighbor, this seed I plant today will feed someone, and that is how I changed the world today?