Jim Wallis

“Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. A child afraid of the dark who one day blows out the candle; a women terrified of the pain of childbirth who says, 'It is time to become a mother'. Heroism does not always live on the battlefield.”
― David Gemmell, Dark Moon

“It is said a man doesn’t get old while his mother lives. I think it’s true. You are always a child in her eyes. It is irritating in the extreme. But you know, when they have gone, you’d give the earth just to hear them treating you like a child once more.”
― David Gemmell, Sword in the Storm

“Join us, friend,” said Kruppe. “Sit here by this fire: this scene paints the history of our kind, as you well know. A night, a hearth, and a tale to spin…”
― Steven Erikson, The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen

“If dreams of flying are the last hope of freedom
I will pray for wings with my last breath.”
― Steven Erikson, The Crippled God