Ciaran

“Who are you?” Mal asked furiously.
“That’s a complicated question.”
“Actually, it’s pretty straightforward,” I said, springing to my feet. “But it does require telling the truth. Something you seem thoroughly incapable of.”
“Oh, I can do it,” Sturmhond said, shaking water from one of his boots. “I’m just not very good at it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“No one is immune from failure. All have tasted the bitterness of defeat and disappointment. A warrior must not dwell on that failure, but must learn from it and continue on.”
― Timothy Zahn, Thrawn

“in every war, both sides believe they are in the right.”
― Michael Scott, The Necromancer

“Uncertainty can be the most difficult and frightening of mental states. If you’re always wondering which way to go, you might freeze up and not go anywhere. If you’re afraid you can’t do something, you might not even try.”
― Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising