“What is written with a sword cannot be erased.”

“You cannot study magic. You cannot learn it. You must ingest it. Digest it. You must merge with it. And it with you.”

“It's time to live with what we have and mourn what we lost. ”

“A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his strength. ”

“Careful what you hunt, lest you catch it.”

“There is something beyond freedom that people need: work, love, belief in something, commitment to something. Freedom is not enough.It's necessary but it'd not sufficient. It's what you do with freedom - what you give it up for - that matters”

“The gods were great, but what good was greatness if you didn't love?”