“There is wisdom climbing mountains," Maderos said softly. "For they teach us how truly small we are. This is just a pebble within one kingdom. There are higher mountains you must climb." ~ The Wretched of Muirwood”

“Beyond any gift or treasure, I desire to learn to read. (Lia ~ The Wretched of Muirwood)”

“Because you think your language is the best language? That because you were born and your parents babbled to you in this tongue, that it is the best language to speak? How small is your mind.”

“It is a cruel fact, child. Wisdom comes after the moment when it is most needed.”

“What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes intense desire.”

“We are more wicked together than separately. If you are ever forced to be in a crowd, then most of all you should withdraw into yourself. Never trust another to do your thinking.”

“The greatest achievement was at first and for a time only a dream. Just as the oak sleeps in the acorn, and the bird waits in the egg, so dreams are the seedlings of realities.”