Reasons are the spoils of victory. When you've destroyed the enemy, then your leaders write down the reasons in books, and give moving speeches about them. If you've done your job, then there aren't any of the enemy left to dispute your leader's reasons. At least not until the next war.

Only those you trust can betray you" ~ Nathan

Sometimes that's all life is... One desperate act after another.

But emotions when based on valued things can be a faithful and consistant sum of truths.

Wizard's Ninth Rule A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole.

Everybody knows it. Wizards are supposed to have beards. It's common knowledge.

Teasingly she took the apple from his mouth. Juice ran down his chin. Slowly, deliberately, she leaned over and licked the sweet juice from his chin. I will have to admit though, that I will never look at an apple in quite the same way.