‘Sometimes it is good to be sad. ‘
– Kebra, to Sufia, Winter Warriors
‘Never lose heart. You hear me, boy? Never lose heart!‘
– Nogusta, to Conalin, Winter Warriors
‘A true man does not desert his friends in time of need.‘
– Kebra, to Conalin, Winter Warriors
‘Still, anger is a better emotion than sorrow. Anger is alive and can be dealth with. Sorrow is a dead creature and sits like a weight that cannot be released.‘
– Nogusta, to himself, Winter Warriors
‘You would not be humiliated, my friend. You would merely lose.‘
– Nogusta, to Kebra, Winter Warriors
‘Strangely, the more I practice the luckier I get.‘
– Antikas Karios, to Ulmenetha, Winter Warriors
‘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
‘You are a bright lad. You can be whatever you want to be, if your dreams are grand enough.‘
– Kebra, to Conalin, Winter Warriors
‘It is hard to explain. You start by asking yourself what makes a true man. Is it his ability to hunt, or to farm, or to breed stock? In part the answer is yes. Is it his capacity to love his family? In part the answer is also yes. But there is something else. Something grand.’
– Kebra, to Conalin, Winter Warriors
‘Sometimes – most times – we don’t get what we want. Rarely do we even get what we deserve. We get what we get. That’s it. Yesterday is gone. It will never come again. Tomorrow hasn’t happened yet. What we have is now. And do you know what is real? This is real. We are real. And at this moment we are all there is.’
– Palima, to Bison, Winter Warriors