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All my life, I've thought myself weaker than others. But everyone has to work at being brave, don't they? Day after day, in their own way.

A ruler has little time for kindness. He does not give without expecting something in return. He can’t afford to.

Beauty is all very well. But it is merely the gleam of the sword, the chief eunuch said. It is the mind that provides the sharp blade, and without that, well. We have a pretty piece of metal and not a weapon at all.

Bravery isn't just about being strong and handy with a sword. Sometimes it's about resolve...or deciding whether to face a past you'd rather forgot.

But then again, we all have dreams within reach, Jade thought. We have only to shape them to fit ourselves.

I'm sick to death of lords and kings and emperors. What do they do but play games and let their people pay the price in blood?

Isn’t it better to wake up each day, living for the present rather than waiting for the future?

I tell you a throne is a greater imposition than it is a gift.

Love does not always come with marriage, Your Majesty. Marriage may strengthen a woman, but love weakens her. She has more to lose.

Love is weakness. You open yourself up to choices you’d never make if you heart were your own.

Only kings are arrogant enough to believe the world too small to hold other men.

The beauty of this world is fading all too fast through the cruelty and thoughtlessness of men.

There was something unfinished about not saying farewell, like a door left open in the chill night.

You understand, as I do, that wealth and family mean nothing if a person is not willing to prove his full worth.