"They're strange, those wars. Full of blood and violence-but also full of stories that are equally difficult to fathom

"So many humans. So many colors."

"Silence was not quiet or calm, and it was not peace"

"THE BEST word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words."

"For some reason, dying men always ask questions they know the answer to. Perhaps it's so they can die being right."

"The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both."

" It kills me sometimes, how people die"

"Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes"