Running ain't no bad thing. Leastways if you run in the right direction.
Weβre built of contradictions, all of us. Itβs those opposing forces that give us strength, like an arch, each block pressing the next. Give me a man whose parts are all aligned in agreement and Iβll show you madness. We walk a narrow path, insanity to each side. A man without contradictions to balance him will soon veer off.
Lucifer spoke thus. Pride took him from heaven, though he sat at God's right hand.' Her voice grew faint, the hint of a whisper. 'In the end pride is the only evil, the root of all sins.' 'Pride is all I have.
No man should go to Valhalla with brothel rash.
Death was kind.β He drew a sharp breath. βBut no father should have to give such a kindness to his child.
Let's go to Valhalla with the sun on our faces.
I've never had much use for religion, except when it comes to swearing or begging for mercy.
When they killed him, Mother wouldn't hold her peace, so they slit her throat. I was stupid then, being only nine, and I fought to save them both. But the thorns held me tight. I've learned to appreciate thorns since. The thorns taught me the game. They let me understand what all those grim and serious men who've fought the Hundred War have yet to learn. You can only win the game when you understand that it IS a game. Let a man play chess, and tell him that every pawn is his friend. Let him think both bishops holy. Let him remember happy days in the shadows of his castles. Let him love his queen. Watch him loose them all.
People always want to know things . . . until they hear them, and then it's too late. Knowledge is a rug of a certain size, and the world is larger. It's not what remains uncovered at the edges that should worry you, rather what is swept beneath.
Tell me, tutor,' I said. 'Is revenge a science, or an art?
