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and what men yearn for they often destroy.
stone was only another form of dust.
Guilt was like that, I had discovered. Remote, until it struck.
This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.
for as fortune comes to you, so does it slip away.
It is possible to speak without words, to know another creature’s wants and desires though there is only silence.
Nothing in this world is lasting, only our faith lives on.
Envy is envy, both for the wind and for men on earth.
A clatter of noise mirrors silence, for one is alone in both situations.
No barrier was strong enough to keep out the movement of time.
There were times when those around you can see your fate but you yourself are blind, stumbling toward a coil of mistakes.
Even the most patient among us has a breaking point.
Our rest is formed by our waking life and our waking life is formed by our sorrows.
They knew that he who is without a fear of death is the most dangerous man of all.
Disgrace smolders, it burns when you least expect it to ignite.
