"So ends an alternate chapter in their tale. What lessons, dear listener, might we derive from this Dragonsong reimagined? Be it that of man or dragon, all life is precious, and the loss of loved ones shall ever darken the hearts of those left behind. Yet death is not the end of what was wrought. The memories forged, the affection shared, the hope inherited... Such things grant us the strength to walk unto the morrow, and there is no greater proof of this than the Warrior of Light's journey." - From the fantastical works of a wandering minstrel. Heavensward: A Reimagining

"Peace is maintained by the equilibrium of forces, and will continue just as long as this equilibrium exists, and no longer." - Carl von Clausewitz

"Flashes of explosions bloomed in the city’s north. Shooting stars punched through the dark clouds overhead, scorching holes through which the glimmering stars could be seen. The stars shone down on the Choral City in time to watch the city die." - Galaxy in Flames by Ben Counter

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin

"Think of my Pleasure in Solitude, in comparison of my commerce with the world - there I am a child - there they do not know me not even my most intimate acquaintance - I give into their feelings as though I were refraining from irritating a little child - Some think me middling, others silly, other foolish - every one thinks he sees my weak side against my will; when in thruth it is with my will - I am content to be thought all this because I have in my own breast so graet a resource. This is one great reason why they like me so; because they can all show to advantage in a room, and eclipese from a certain tact one who is reckoned to be a good Poet - I hope I am not here playing tricks 'to make the angels weep': I think not: for I have not the least contempt for my species; and though it may sound paradoxical: my greatest elevations of Soul leave me every time more humbled - Enough of this - though in your Love for me you will not think it enough." - John Keats

"I am eternally, devastatingly romantic, and I thought people would see it because 'romantic' doesn't mean 'sugary.' It's dark and tormented — the furor of passion, the despair of an idealism that you can't attain." - Catherine Breillat

"Romanticism was more than merely an alternative to a sterile classicism; romanticism made possible, especially in art, a great expansion of the human consciousness." - Edward Abbey

"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected." - Gilbert K. Chesterton

"Through the economic history of every Culture there runs a desperate conflict waged by the soil-rooted tradition of a race, by its soul, against the spirit of money" - Oswald Spangler

"Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating." - Carl von Clausewitz

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” - Fyodor Dostoevsky

"A country that took one hundred million people a hundred years to build, could be destroyed by one man in a single day…" - Hildegard von Mariendorf

"When a devil gets caught by a monster, I, as a human being, can only hope that they both die." - Fritz Joseph Bittenfeld

"As soon as it becomes possible, by dint of a strong will, to overthrow the entire past of the world, then, in a single moment, we will join the ranks of independent gods. World history for us will then be nothing but a dreamlike otherworldly being. The curtain falls, and man once more finds himself a child playing with whole worlds—a child, awoken by the first glow of morning, who laughingly wipes the frightful dreams from his brow." - Friedrich Nietzsche

"If seizure through violence is evil, don’t you think that seizure through authority is the same?!" - Oskar von Reuental

"Since the birth of human civilization on earth, there hasn’t been a single nation that has not been destroyed" - Hildegard von Mariendorf

"I would rather fight and regret than not fight and regret it" - Reinhard von Lohengramm

“To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

“He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

“The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”– Friedrich Nietzsche

“In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." Friedrich Nietzsche

"All heroes have established thrones atop not just their enemies but a large quantity of allied corpses as well. There are no monarchs with clean hands. Their subordinates also know that. I would like you to consider that at times, to grant death is also a way to repay loyalty." - Paul von Oberstein

"....For humans, there is an appropriate life, as well as an appropriate death." - Oskar von Reuenthal

"Someone who cannot hate something cannot love something, either." - Yang Wen-li

"Indeed, small acts of opposition cannot solve every problem. Our society needs a complete revolution. Such problems must be corrected, and we must not wait for others to correct them. We must carry out the revolution with our own hands." - Reinhard von Lohengramm