Sometimes doing the gods’ bidding required a hardened heart. — Tad Williams

To fight a war, you must believe it can accomplish something. We fight this one to save John’s kingdom, or perhaps even to save all of mankind...but isn’t that what we always think? That all wars are useless—except the one we’re fighting now?

It was easy to hate if he did not think, Simon discovered.

You can never tell when princes will get squinty on you. You can never tell when they might suddenly feel their blood and go all royal.