The truth, I discovered, is a tree that grows as a man gains access to experience. A child sees the acorn of his daily life, but a man looks back on the oak.

When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same standard at all.

Men cannot grieve as dogs do. But they grieve for many years.

Very little worth knowing is taught by fear.

learning is never wrong. Even learning how to kill isn't wrong. Or right. It's just a thing to learn, a thing I can teach you. That's all.

Men of passion and vision are often seen as mad.

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