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

“The past can be a terrible weight bound to you by an unbreakable chain. You can drag it with you, forever looking over your shoulder at what holds you back. Or you can let it go and move forward. It’s your choice.”

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

“Every person you encounter, whom you interact with, is there to teach you something. Sometimes it may be years before you realize what each had to show you.”

“Old habits are hard to forget, and old fears are habits.”

“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.”

“Sanity is all that stands between good and evil.”