I Have To Feel What I'm Writing,

I'll Not Deny I Am Impressed By Your Mastery Of Six Warrens, Quick Ben. In Retrospect, You Should Have Held Back On At Least Half Of What You Command." The Man Made To Rise. "but, Bauchelain," The Wizard Replied, "i Did.

Ambition Is Not A Dirty Word. Piss On Compromise. Go For The Throat.

Power Is Violence, Its Promise, Its Deed. Power Cares Nothing For Reason, Nothing For Justice, Nothing For Compassion. It Is, In Fact, The Singular Abnegation Of These Things - Once The Cloak Of Deceits Is Stripped Away, This One Truth Is Revealed.

It Is One Thing To Lead By Example With Half A Dozen Soldiers At Your Back. It Is Wholly Another With Ten Thousand.

The Wickans Know That The Gift Of Power Is Never Free. They Know Enough Not To Envy The Chosen Among Them, For Power Is Never A Game, Nor Are Glittering Standards Raised To Glory And Wealth. They Disguise Nothing In Trappings, And So We All See What We'd Rather Not, That Power Is Cruel, Hard As Iron And Bone, And Thrives On Destruction. ~ Deadhouse Gates