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?

It's too late to apologize for. I have already forgiven you.

It's all connected. When you save any part of the world, you've saved the whole world. In fact, that's the only way it can be done.

When both my editors say 'This is really bad, you need to change this,' I ignore that at my peril.

Thinking is not always...comforting. It is always good, but not always comforting. Royal Assassin

When you spring to an idea, and decide it is truth, without evidence, you blind yourself to other possibilities.

Sometimes it seems unfair that events so old can reach forward through the years, sinking claws into one's life and twisting all that follows it. Yet perhaps that is the ultimate justice: we are the sum of all we have done added to the sum of all that has been done to us. There is no escaping that, not for any of us.