There is no life which does not possess its own importance, no life which may not be touched by greatness at any time -- Yes, be touched by greatness and have a hand in it. (from The Mirror of Her Dreams)

Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse.

It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.

We didn't make the world. All we have to do is live in it.

We need metaphors of magic and monsters in order to understand the human condition.

However you look at it, in these books "power" tends to be an expression of the essential nature of the person or being whose power it is. On those occasions when we've seen Lord Foul act directly, he seems to exert the withering force of pure scorn. IMHO, that's pretty intense.

Part of him wanted to weep... but his purpose was rigid within him. He felt he could not bend to gentleness without breaking.