"Mercy is the sweetest wine and the bitterest wormwood," Eliss, the mother, said. "For it rewards the merciful and shames the guilty."
Rabenschatten - 2: Der Herr des Turmes
Is a lie really a lie if it is honestly believed?
Rabenschatten - 2: Der Herr des Turmes
War is always an adventure to those who've never seen it.
Rabenschatten - 1: Das Lied des Blutes
A fool is any man who doesn't think he's a fool.
Rabenschatten - 1: Das Lied des Blutes
I cannot believe the path to victory lies in staining our souls so black we become indistinguishable from those we fight.
Rabenschatten - 3: Die Königin der Flammen
But people are still people, however comfortable their surroundings. They lie, they feud, they betray and however much you give them, they always want more.
Rabenschatten - 3: Die Königin der Flammen
A man doesn't know his true strength until he fears for his life.
Rabenschatten - 1: Das Lied des Blutes
Give them the right lie and they'll believe it.
Rabenschatten - 1: Das Lied des Blutes
Choice is a lie. The greatest of lies.
Rabenschatten - 1: Das Lied des Blutes
A historian is a hunter, my lord. Seeking out signs in the undergrowth of correspondence and memoir, tracking prey via the spoor of memory.
Rabenschatten - 3: Die Königin der Flammen
It's always the way with great men, they can't see the knives of those who live in their shadow.
Rabenschatten - 2: Der Herr des Turmes
It was a curious effect of pain that time became infinite, every instant of agony prolonged to the ultimate.
Rabenschatten - 1: Das Lied des Blutes
"If the stars in the sky are not fixed, then nothing is fixed. Nothing is eternal, all is temporary and ever-changing." She turned away from the stars, meeting his gaze. "Nothing is fixed, my lord. No course is so set it cannot be changed."
Rabenschatten - 2: Der Herr des Turmes
"Cruelty is in all of us," he said. "But they made it a virtue."
Rabenschatten - 2: Der Herr des Turmes
"Put more than one philosopher together and you'll birth an argument," Erlin commented. "A truism I've observed the world over. In fact, I once saw one argue with himself, it got quite violent in the end."
Rabenschatten - 3: Die Königin der Flammen
Only in war does the madman become sane.
Rabenschatten - 3: Die Königin der Flammen