❝ Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word. ❞
❝ The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. ❞
❝ If I look back, I am lost. ❞
❝ Every flight begins with a fall. ❞
❝ A bruise is a lesson, and each lesson makes us better. ❞
❝ The man who fears losing has already lost. ❞
❝ You wear your honor like a suit of armor. You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move. ❞
❝ A true man does what he will, not what he must. ❞
❝ A lion doesn’t concern itself with the opinion of sheep. ❞
❝ People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it’s served up. ❞
❝ A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you’ll know the debt is paid. ❞
❝ I will hurt you for this. I don’t know how yet, but give me time. ❞
❝ The unseen enemy is always the most fearsome. ❞
❝ That one — he’s copper, bright and shiny. Pretty to look at, but not worth all that much at the end of the day. ❞
❝ If you can’t protect yourself, die and get out of the way of those who can. ❞
❝Sharp steel and strong arms rule this world, don’t ever believe any different. ❞
❝ Was there ever a war where only one side bled ? ❞
❝ Great wrongs have been done to you, but the past is dust. The future may yet be won. ❞
❝ They fought valiantly, they fought nobly, they fought honourably — and they died. ❞
❝ The greatest fools are often more clever than the men who laugh at them. ❞
❝ 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. ❞
❝ Any man who must say ‘I am the king’ is no true king. ❞
❝ We’re all just songs in the end, if we are lucky. ❞
❝ We all dream of things we cannot have. ❞
❝ History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will happen again. ❞
❝ Kind ? How boring that would be. I aspire to be wicked. ❞
❝ War makes monsters of us all. ❞
❝ Anger is better than tears, better than grief, better than guilt. ❞
❝ A sweet face often hides a sinner’s heart. ❞
❝ I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell. ❞
❝ A man may befriend a beast, even break a beast — but no man could truly tame a beast. ❞
❝ The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid. ❞
❝ The past remains the past. We can learn from it, but we cannot change it. ❞
❝ A leader can love the men that they command, but can never be a friend to them. One day he/she may need to sit in judgment on them, or send them forth to die. ❞