‘Love is magic.‘
– Talisma, to Zhusai, The Legend of Deathwalker
‘Strangely, the more I practice the luckier I get.‘
– Antikas Karios, to Ulmenetha, Winter Warriors
‘I would like to meet the man who first suggested that life was fair. It is not. It is just life. Some people are lucky. Some are not. Fairness has nothing to do with it.‘
– Skilgannon, to Askari, The Swords of Night and Day
‘It would certainly make life more complete if one could believe in a grand plan for the universe. If we could be certain that evil men would receive judgement. However, I fear that life is not so simple.‘
– Nogusta, to Dagorian, Winter Warriors
‘All life is cruel, is it not? A man must rise above his grief.‘
– Ulric, to Druss, The Legend of Deathwalker
‘I’ve known a lot of men in my time whose deeds are forgotten, but who were worthy of remembrance in song or tale.‘
– Druss, to Archytas, The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend
‘The gift of love is priceless. You are a better man for having loved her, and for having been loved by her. Let the grief flow by all means. But rid yourself of the guilt. You have nothing to feel guilty about.‘
– Skilgannon, to Harad, The Swords of Night and Day
‘I was on a ship once with a rich man when we hit a storm, and the ship went down. The rich man gathered as much gold as could carry. He drowned. I left behind everything I owned. I survived.‘
– Eskodas, to Varsava, The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend