I Think Maybe It Is

The Nature Of A Coward Is To Avoid Death. If Such A Man Courts Peril There Can Be Only Two Reasons. Either He Is Not A Coward At All Or There Is No Danger.

There Is A Darkness In You. In All Of Us, Probably. Beasts We Keep Chained. Ordinary Men Have To Keep The Chains Strong, For If We Let The Beast Loose Then Society Will Turn Upon Us With Fiery Vengeance. Kings Though...well, Who Is There To Turn Upon Them? So The Chains Are Made Of Straw. It Is The Curse Of Kings, Helikaon, That They Can Become Monsters. And They Invariably Do.

Nothing In Life Is Sure, My Son. Except The Promise Of Death.

[f]ear Is A Great Ally.

A Man's Strength Is Ultimately Born Of His Knowledge Of His Own Weakness.