“whoever approaches his goal dances”

“The judge is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.”

“He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.”

“Bears that dance, bears that don't.”

“Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, who has been to the floor of the pit and seen the horror in the round and learned at last that it speaks to his inmost heart, only that man can dance. - The judge”

“They spoke less and less between them until at last they were silent altogether as is often the way with travelers approaching the end of a journey.”

“I tell you this, as war becomesdishonored and its nobility called into question those honorable men who recognize the sanctity of blood will become excluded from the dance, which is the warrior's right, and thereby will the dance become a false dance and the dancers false dancers. And yet there be one there always who is a true dancer and can you guess who that might be?You ain't nothing.”