Chris

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“With a scroll and a book you will look like a scholar." she said "On that horse you will look like a king."
"I might have to be a king. I don't have to look like one."
(...)
"I picked out the horse," said Sounis hastily and the king turned to him swaying a little as if with surprise.
"You Sophos? I thought you were my friend!"
"I am," the king of Sounis assured him. "He has all the fighting spirit of an apricot. His trainers have given up and sold him for farm work. Honestly, like riding a slowly moving sofa," Sounis swore. "On my honor.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, Return of the Thief

“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign

“If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Labyrinth