‘One day, perhaps you too will be old, your skin dry and mottled, your teeth loose in your jaws. But inside you will be as you always were – except that you will find yourself trapped in a decaying shell.‘
– Tamis, to Parmenion, Lion of Macedon
‘One day, perhaps you too will be old, your skin dry and mottled, your teeth loose in your jaws. But inside you will be as you always were – except that you will find yourself trapped in a decaying shell.‘
– Tamis, to Parmenion, Lion of Macedon
‘For only the good can know guilt, and you are not evil.‘
– Lady, to Parmenion, Dark Prince
‘Are the gods swayed because of faked tears and wailing? I would doubt it. Good men have died unmourned and unnoticed, while some of consummate evil have had thousands of mourners at their funerals. It is pleasant to believe that the gods are a little more discerning than men.‘
– Xenophon, to Parmenion, Lion of Macedon
‘We all carry grief, my friend. Someone once told me that all the seas are but the Tears of Time, shed for the loss of loved ones. It may not be true, but I like the sentiment.‘
– Parmenion, to Mothac, Lion of Macedon
‘But this is a cruel world. All any man – or woman – can expect is a little happiness.‘
– Xenophon, to Parmenion, Lion of Macedon
‘Despair is the brother of defeat. Never let it touch you.‘
– Parmenion, to Philip, Lion of Macedon
‘I learned a long time ago never to give in to despair. Fortune may be fickle, but she loves a man who tries and tries again.‘
– Parmenion, to Philip, Lion of Macedon
‘To judge a man purely by his blood-line is folly. I have known the sons of cowards to be valorous, and sons of thieves who cold be trusted with the treasure of nations. Such treachery is not of the blood, but of the soul.‘
– Parmenion, to Cleander, Dark Prince
‘You are not an evil man. Do not allow one mistake to poison your feelings of self worth.’
– Derae, to Parmenion, Dark Prince
‘Comfort, I find, is more to do with the spirit than the softness of beds.’
– Parmenion, to Mothac, Dark Prince