Deborah

“If your enemy comes to speak bearing a sword, open your door to him and speak, but keep your own sword at hand. If he comes to you empty-handed, greet him the same way. But if he comes to you bearing gifts, stand on your walls and cast stones down on him.”
― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair

“When you were old, did your memories crowd out your other thoughts? Or did you lose them—your childhood, your hated enemies, your friends?”
― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair

“When you stopped to think about it, he reflected, there weren’t many things in life one truly needed. To want too much was worse than greed: it was stupidity—a waste of precious time and effort. The”
― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair

“A wolf is clever-clever-clever, and they are as faithful as a debt unpaid.”
― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair