“A promise unkept will take a man's mind.”
“oaths and anchors equally will drag: naught else abides on fickle earth but unkept promises of joy.”
“At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.”
“But Mithgar . . . Mithgar is yet wild, tempestuous, unkept, savage, turbulent, exciting. We come here to feel alive.”
“A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.”
“A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.”