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

“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.”

“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.”

“The world is much larger than I once dreamed, or perhaps my place in it is smaller than I once realized.”

“Some loves come unbidden like winds from the sea, and others grow from the seeds of friendship.”

“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.”