Aida

“Friends can betray you, but with an old enemy, you always know where you stand.”
― Raymond E. Feist, Krondor: The Betrayal

“At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different," Sazed said. "Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet, upon closer examination he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then sees that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“Zane didn't make sense. He didn't have to. That was, perhaps, one of the advantages of being insane.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost