Deva

“Upon my word,' said Dantes, 'you make me tremble. If I listen much longer to you, I shall believe the world is filled with tigers and crocodiles.'

'Remember that two-legged tigers and crocodiles are more dangerous than those that walk on four.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“I have sinned enough against the world. Teaching magic to a kender would ensure my damnation. —Raistlin Majere”
― Margaret Weis, Dragons of Summer Flame

“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.....the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“A 'why' is a dangerous thing... It challenges old, comfortable ways, forces people to think about that they do instead of just mindlessly doing it. (Haplo)

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I think the danger is not so much in asking the 'why' as in believing you have come up with the only answer. (Alfred)”
― Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, Dragon Wing