“The world eats good men for breakfast.”

“We die a little every day and by degrees we’re reborn into different men, older men in the same clothes, with the same scars.”

“Most men have at least one redeeming feature. Finding one for Brother Rike requires a stretch. Is 'big' a redeeming feature?”

“Some men name their swords. I've always found that a strange affection. If I had to call it something I would all it "Sharp”

“Some men are too dull to feel what might happen. Others torture themselves with maybes and populate their dreams with horrors more terrible than their worst enemy could inflict upon them.”

“You soon learn there’s no elegance or dignity in death if you spend time in the castle kitchens. You learn how ugly it is, and how good it tastes.”

“Sometimes the world slows and you notice every small thing, as if you stood between two beats of eternity's heart.”