“Every walker is a guard on patrol to protect the ineffable.”
“Otaguro’s bosom heaved with an ineffable surge of joy. “Every man is fighting,” he murmured. “Every man.”
“To guard themselves is the way of people whose instinct is to nurture and protect.”
“They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical: it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) to rush into the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. No one ever asks them if they want to. This book is dedicated to those fine men.”
“Guard, protect and cherish your land, for there is no afterlife for a place that started out as Heaven.”
“Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?”