Sleep. To lie down and shut out the noise, the fear, the unceasing misery.

The world was all mud and wire. The war in the heavens was only a faint imitation of the horror men had learned to make.

Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered.

He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.

You are only a prisoner when you surrender.

A well-aimed spear is worth three.

Every man is the hero of his own song.