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Never say the dangerous thing aloud.
“Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them.”
But she said, over and over, there was no power like a sharp and subtle mind weaving others’ hopes and fears and hungers into a dream they wanted to hear. Always know what they want to hear—not just what everyone knew they wanted to hear but what they didn’t even dare name to themselves. Show them the pattern. Give them permission to do what they wanted all along.
Gold was power. Power was safety.
Never say the dangerous thing aloud.
The world is full of should-have would-have. As your poets say, ‘Fate goes ever as it must.’ You must, you must, learn to see the world as it is.”
“What is the worth of a worthless thing?”
It was foolish to throw before all bets were on the table.
“When fools are in charge, wise men make no predictions.”
Rivalry, the disease of kings.
Christ was a carpenter. Why did his priests build with stone?
Power and ambition were two edges of the same sword,
Because men can be cruel when their pride hurts.
But kings always fell in the end.
People die. Omens lie.”
