The fight isn't over until you win.

Boredom is vastly underrated. Boredom means that nothing is trying to kill you every day.

Fitz: Shall we get up tomorrow and go looking for a wild pig? Nighteyes: I didn’t lose any wild pigs, did you?

Start writing sooner. Don't wait for permission. Don't hesitate.

Death is always less painful and easier than life! You speak true. And yet we do not, day to day, choose death. Because ultimately, death is not the opposite of life, but the opposite of choice. Death is what you get when there are no choices left to make.

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

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