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1 " We can't change the world by shouting, but our words can have meaning if we give them enough respect. "
― Evan Meekins , The Black Banner
2 " Let your dissent fuel you, your anger inspire you, your rage convey you, and your fury strike a chilling fear onto the spines of your enemies. "
3 " it's through the simple things in life, through its games, when our minds mature the most and we grow knowledgeable. It's also when the cloth masks of our outer, false personalities are torn asunder, and we are able to see every last blemish of a man's genuine character that they hide beneath... no matter how dark or obscene it may be. "
4 " there are some some times in life where you have to let your feelings go and do what must be done "
5 " Before I fix the world, I have to fix myself. "
6 " While parchment may burn and gold may be stained or melted down, the things that are truly important to us will never lose their value. "
7 " Love is not measured by acts or years, but by truth between two people. "
8 " the bleakest situations bring out the hospitality in all of us, but it's during the harshest we find out how strong we really are. "
9 " With the threat of them being potential spies or saboteurs, nobody will argue against our actions, and history itself will vindicate us. "
10 " Heralds don't sing about men who lived in orthodoxy or played it safe, they sing about men who lived an uncertain future and took enough risks to make your head spin. "
11 " Woe is the mind of the common man, so easily controlled by the prospect of an ambition never to be truly attained. This is what tyrants live on and by what commoners are blissfully burdened and subdued. "
12 " There is no right or wrong, only what we believe is more right or more wrong "
13 " Hate did not give way to heroism. "
14 " Respect the dead, learn from them, do not follow or avenge them. "
15 " War was easy. The hard part was cleaning up afterward. "
16 " We must kill the guard before we can enter the palace. "
17 " a true leader must be able to command with an iron fist, not just a humble heart. "
18 " Animals do not respect their master's brother, but they do respect their brothers as masters. "
19 " A true leader is not meant to be greeted with unanimous praise by his people. A leader is meant to be questioned, to be suspect, to be hated. If he is not, then one can easily assume that either he has not challenged his abilities as a leader by making a decision that creates a split between the people, or he is forcing his subjects to bow before him. "
20 " Even though we don't admit it, every single one of us aspires to be like somebody, whether they live in the world today, within the bard's lyrics, or on the pages in the Library "