

“I am very comfortable with conflict, be it of the legal or mortal kind. My father was a mediator, a bridge maker. I am a grave maker.”
― Lover at Last
― Lover at Last

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
― Foundation
― Foundation

“There is a darkness in you. In all of us, probably. Beasts we keep chained. Ordinary men have to keep the chains strong, for if we let the beast loose then society will turn upon us with fiery vengeance. Kings though...well, who is there to turn upon them? So the chains are made of straw. It is the curse of kings, Helikaon, that they can become monsters. And they invariably do.”
― Shield of Thunder
― Shield of Thunder
“For surely a king is first a man. And so it must follow that a king does as all men do: the best he can.”
― The Storyteller's Daughter
― The Storyteller's Daughter
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