Trueborn children are made in a marriage bed and blessed by the Father and the Mother, but bastards are born of lust and weakness.
There’s no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.
There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.
There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.
There are no men like me. There’s only me.
The world was full of cravens who pretended to be heroes; it took a queer sort of courage to admit to cowardice…
The world is one great web, and a man dare not touch a single strand lest all the others tremble.
The women are the strong ones, truly.
The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.
The sword was not the kingdom.
The sun will not cease to shine if we miss a prayer or two.
The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother’s milk. Darkness will make you strong.
