“My perception of my life crashed from high tragedy to juvenile self-pity in a matter of moments.”

“That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as pity, especially self-pity. No event in life is so terrible that one cannot rise above it.”

“All events, no matter how earthshaking or bizarre, are diluted within moments of their occurrence the the continuance of the necessary routines of day-to-day.-FitzMost prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own freedom, too.-ChadeWhen you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead.-BurrichWe left. Walking uphill and into the wind. That suddenly seemed a metaphor for my whole life.-Fitz”

“My blood will only buy you that fool's regard. I will pay a high price for you to be respected by a churl. Nothing bought with blood is worth having, young man.”

“A leaf turns in the wind, and you suddenly have a different perception of what colour it is.”

“How different would our perception of reality be if... we discarded the mundane events that cannot coexist with our dreams?”

“One can only walk so far from one's true self before the bond either snaps, or pulls one back.”