“Dolgan: ’Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ‘tis achieved.Rhuagh: True. And still wiser to know when it is unachievable, for then striving is folly.”

“I know you'll think this odd, but I find it strangely exhilarating not knowing what's coming next.”

“Friends can betray you, but with an old enemy, you always know where you stand.”

“You would do well to know, Marcus, that irritating a better swordsman than yourself is a good way to end up dead.”

“Never underestimate the potential for human stupidity when wealth and power are at stake.”

“But should you ever come to a time when you need to say something upon my behalf, say this, 'The last truth is that there is no magic.”

“My dear dead mother wanted me to go into an honorable trade, like grave robbing. Would I listen? No. Be an assassin, like your uncle Gustav, she said. Would I pay heed? No. Apprentice to the Necromancer―”