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"Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort."

"We can be strong in the face of kings and priests...but to live is to have worries and uncertainties."

"Truth can never be defeated...Even if people do forget about it occasionally."

"Convert or die—both options were sickening, but conversion was obviously the more logical choice. However, a quiet voice inside her argued that it was worth dying, if death would prove that truth was more powerful than physical strength."

"The Elantrians represented the ultimate flaw of human arrogance. They had set themselves up as gods. Their hubris had earned them their fate. In another situation, Hrathen would have been content in leaving them to their punishment. However, he happened to need them. Hrathen turned to Dilaf. "The first step in taking control of a nation, Arteth, is the simplest. You find someone to hate."

"remove our comforts, and we become animals."