Cory

“I need to be the greatest fighter of the Omehi,” Tau said, fighting for calm, his fingernails digging into his palms. “Can you give me that?”
Jayyed grew serious. “I can’t give you anything. It might be something you can take, if you’re willing.”
“I am.”
“We’ll see. The cost for greatness is high.”
“I’ll pay anything.”
“Your life?” Jayyed asked, causing Tau to stop. “That’s the price. Life is nothing more than moments in time. To achieve greatness, you have to give up those moments. You have to give your life to your goal.”
“Easily paid,” Tau told him.”
― Evan Winter

“My grandfather taught me that if a friend asks for your forgiveness, you should always give it. [...] He also taught me that if you have to give it again, then they weren't a friend to begin with.”
― Fonda Lee, Jade War

“There are no men like me." --Tau Solarin”
― Evan Winter

“The wars you’ll wage aren’t decided when you fight them. They’re decided before that, by the extent of your effort and the substance of your sacrifices. They are decided by the choices you make every single day. So ask yourself: ‘how powerful do I choose to be?”
― Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons