Death is not the opposite of life, but the opposite of choice.

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?

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

if love doesnt come first and linger after, if love cant wait and endure disappointment and seperation, then its not love.

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

I am the King's Fool. He is the King-In-Wating. Let him wait.

I wonder if I can write this history, or if on every page there will be some sneaking show of a bitterness I thought long dead. I think myself cured of all spite, but when I touch pen to paper, the hurt of a boy bleeds out with the sea-spawned ink, until I suspect each carefully formed black letter scabs over some ancient scarlet wound.