The mice think they are right, but my cat eats them anyways. This is the point, reality is nothing, perception is everything.

I wish people had half the honor of dragons.

If you care about yourself, you should care about learning - even learning simple things. You come to have pride in yourself only by accomplishing things, even from fixing some old stairs...Others can't grant you self-respect, even others who care about you. You have to earn self-respect yourself.

Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story.

I'm surprised you don't know more about magic, Sister Verna. There is a word that is magic. It can accomplish more than you might think. Maybe you have heard it before. It is the word 'please.

In the darkest hours we must believe in ourselves.

Kahlan stood quietly in the shadows, watching, as evil knocked softly on the door.