Immortal

If you keep yearning for all beyond your reach, you'll end up wasting a lot of time, blinding yourself to the good that's here.

Being good and being brave are not the same. A compassionate coward can inflict as much damage as any villain.

Life is not fair. We cannot help how the dice fall, but it’s our choice whether to keep playing.

When your days are dark, you forget the existence of dawn.

It doesn't matter how often you love, but how well.

Where you go, I go," he whispered into my ear. "Now, and always.

For that is the real meaning of loneliness, being unable to share your mind and heart freely with another without the fear of being judged or found wanting, or that they might seek to use you.

Wait for me. Find me,” I had told him. “No matter where I am or who I become, my heart will always be yours.

Some walls were built by others, while some were of our own making. The hardest to escape were those we chose to remain behind of our own will.

Heroes are not born but made through their choices. One could be given the greatest gifts of the world and choose to do nothing with them. Or someone with nothing could forge their way to the pinnacle of power. Whether mortal or immortal, our destiny is in our hands.

There were also quieter moments of simple companionship, the kind when your soul is at peace, when your heart is whole. When you want nothing more from life . . . content to simply exist. This was how I felt when he was with me.

Hope possessed a magic of its own-- rare to manifest, yet wresting miracles within one's reach.

Kindness is never a duty.

Watch your tongue. By offending her, you offend me too—and I am not as tolerant.

A piece of silver can change a person’s life, while it will do nothing sitting in a miser’s purse.

You are more than your face, more than your name. With you, I am whole.

As a breeze darted through the window, I shivered. “Are you cold?” I asked. His eyes flicked to mine. “With you, I am warm.

Those who have enough often forget those in need - not because they're unkind - but because it makes them uneasy, evoking guilt that they have so much while others, nothing. Life is inherently unfair.

If I didn't have the lotus, would it be different?" I demanded. "No," he said at once, light flaring in his eyes. "Because I'll always need you to live.

Failing is an essential part of learning. Each time you're beaten or outmaneuvered, study why, learn the signs - you won't be as easily defeated next time.

Some people go their whole lives looking for these things, never finding them. Nobody's life is perfect, it's just what we choose to see when we look at ours.

Knowledge is one of the greatest weapons...Arm yourself well, for there are times words can reach where a sword cannot.

There are lies of necessity and those of malice. Those you choose to tell will define your character.

All around were wooden shelves crammed with books and scrolls, each promising a safe escape to magical realms, a glimpse into the mysteries of our world, excitement and wonder in their pages. This was wealth.

Dawn will be dark without you

Lies were easier than the truth; they protected us, while the truth reached to where it hurt the most... to where there was more to lose.

Life was not about right or wrong but finding our own way, learning what made us happy, what filled our lives - instead of looking to others for it.

A bad trade.” “No trade is bad between us.” He tucked a lock of hair behind my ear. “With you, it doesn’t matter whether I win or lose.