"Better the lesser of two oddities."

“Despite common belief, the goblin language did include a word for trust. It was derived from the word for trustworthy, which in the goblin tongue, was the same as the word for dead.”

“The difference between a Hero and an ordinary man is that when the ordinary man comes upon a flaming death swamp full of venomous dragon snakes, he turns around and goes home. The Hero strips down and goes for a swim.”

“He seemed to think that killing was something to be done only as a last resort. It was a strange philosophy, one that would take some getting used to.”

“Nobody dies faster than a tired soldier.”

“Jig’s life would be much simpler if she were dead. That more than anything else, convinced him she was still alive.”

“No night is so dark, no situation so dire, but the intervention of the gods cannot make it worse.”