Matthew

“A crime...' Reynevan cleared his throat, 'is always a crime. Nothing can justify it.'
'Indeed?'
'Nothing. One cannot-'
'Do you know what, Reynevan?' For the first time, Samson manifested something like impatience. 'Go and play chess. That will be to your taste - black here, white there and all the fields square.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Narrenturm

“Has it ever occured to you, Master Ninefingers, that a sword is different from other weapons? Axes and maces and so forth are lethal enough, but they hang on the belt like dumb brutes. But a sword...a sword has a voice.
Sheathed it has little to say, to be sure, but you need only put your hand on the hilt and it begins to whisper in your enemy's ear. A gentle word. A word of caution. Do you hear it?
Now, compare it to the sword half drawn. It speaks louder, does it not? It hisses a dire threat. It makes a deadly promise. Do you hear it?
Now compare it to the sword full drawn. It shouts now, does it not? It screams defiance! It bellows a challenge! Do you hear it?”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself

“It is my duty as a free man to read so I'm not blind being lead around by my nose”
― Pierce Brown, Iron Gold

“Never make a plan more complicated than your ability to communicate it.”
― Miles Cameron, The Red Knight