“Longing for something that you once had is a mistake because the pictures in your mind are never the same as whatever it is you are longing for.”
“Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.”
“You're going to keep making these mistakes as long as you keep carrying your brain in the same scabbard with your sword, Lelldorin.”
“You were never poor as long as you had something to love.”
“I scared myself, because once you've thought long and hard enough about doing something that is colossally stupid, you feel like you've actually done it, and then you're never quite sure what your limits are.”
“You wish for something, you've wanted it for years, and you're sure you want it, as long as you know you can't have it. But if all at once it looks as though your wish might come true, you suddenly find yourself wishing you had never wished for any such thing.”