Teachings that defy reason defy reality; what defies reality defies life. Defying life is embracing death.

The training of a Mord-Sith takes years - to learn to handle the pain. I guess it's also why only women are Mord-Sith, men are too weak.

Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be of little worth and great trouble.

Fate occasionally touches us all in ways we don't always understand.

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.

Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.

Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he loves…and has lost.