“As Antiquus's son, I was next in line to be the leader of my village... But leadership is not inherited. It is earned through action.”

“So is death a journey? Is it to another place?" she asked. "Is it another planet?""Many have wondered this very question,"replied rovender. "But there is an old Caerulan saying: When your journey reaches its destination here, may you walk on through the memories of those still with us.”

“Sure, I eat because I have to. But I also eat because I want to. It is one of life’s few pleasures.”

“The real question one should ask when presented with a puzzle is, ‘Should I solve it? Do I really need to know the answer?”

“A full stomach allows the brain to be hungry for common sense.”

“No living thing is insignificant.”

“The folly of humankind is that it believes it is impervious to decay”