“Peace would always be less compelling than war. Perhaps that was why there was so little of it in the world. (p. 160)”

“The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.”

“War yet shall be, but warriors are now operatives; war's made less grand than peace.”

“The Little War?How can there bea little war?Are some deathssmaller than others,leaving motherswho weepa little less?”

“Elric knew that everything that existed had its opposite. In danger he might find peace. And yet, of course, in peace there was danger. Being an imperfect creature in an imperfect world he would always know paradox. And that was why in paradox there was always a kind of truth. That was why philosophers and soothsayers flourished. In a perfect world there would be no place for them. In an imperfect world the mysteries were always without solution and that was why there was always a great choice of solutions.”

“Perhaps Clankers and Darwinists would always be at war, if only in their hearts.”