“Battles are won when warriors make the decisions not to lose.”

“.....youth dies when you stop believing that you can affect the hand you're dealt at birth. The reality is, sometimes you just draw shitty cards, and no matter how much you plan, and no matter how hard you work to be good and to go to church and to think the right thoughts, there's nothing in the world you can do to get a reshuffle.”

“Run,Nathan,run.Run as if your life depended on it.”

“The Foolish Warrior attacks Enemy soldiers. The Supreme Warrior battles the Mind.”

“Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war”

“I nearly forgot, Ragnak had a further message for you. He said if we lose this battle and loses his slaves as well, he's going to kill you for it," he said cheerfully.Halt smiled grimly. "If we lose this battle, he may have to get in line to do it. There'll be a few thousand Temujai cavalrymen in front of him.”

“If the people who make the decisions are the people who will also bear the consequences of those decisions, perhaps better decisions will result.”