What's it like?" Andine asked curiously. "Hearing the thoughts of others, I mean?" "Disturbing," Leitha replied. "What people say and what they're th… - David Eddings

A good soldier avoids politics and religion, but if all you want me to do is spank them and send them home, we’ll do it that way.

Why must they always set fires?" Bheid asked Althalus as the two of them stood on the portico of the temple waiting and watching the columns of smoke rising from various quarters of the city. "I'm not really sure, Bheid," Althalus confessed. "It might just be accidental. Looters are usually fairly excited, and sometimes they get careless. My best guess, though, is that the fires are being set deliberately to punish the noblemen for their bad habits." "That's pure stupidity, Althalus," Bheid objected. "Of course it is. It's the nature of mobs to be stupid. A mob's only as clever as its stupidest member.

The most important part of strategy is keeping your men alive. If you take care of your men, they’ll take care of you.