A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
For the night was not impartial. No, the night loved some more than others, served some more than others.
The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it's going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it's worth it. Even if you don't end up pulling it off, you'll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It's NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.