If I had a dog that was sick as often as you are, I'd put it down," he observed kindly.

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

For, "Yes," he had sighed on his dying breath, and all knew that was the ultimate prayer one could offer to life.

Wolves have no kings.

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.

Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.