If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.

Fate does not seek our consent.

no army has ever marched into battle thinking that the Creator had sided with their enemy.

Dance with me, Death, I am ready.

Why people wanted to dance whenever it got dark was beyond him. Somehow, the two seemed to go together, like bees and flowers, or flies and dung. Darkness and dancing.

The mark of a wise person is being able to reach beyond the truth, to admit they can learn more than they already know. A wise person doesn't string together the beads of unrelated events into a necklace simply to have something they wish to see. A wise person sees the truth even if it is something unexpected. That is the most beautiful necklace to wear - the truth.