Children, the gods call us when they choose, but not even the priests are eager to answer. - Esther Friesner

Little ones, if any mortal under the age of ninety ever tells you, “I always learned my lessons the first time, before it was too late,” mark that person well. He lies.

You may hear the priests claim that revenge belongs to the gods and should never be the property of man.
Leave it to the gods to hog the best bits of life for themselves. When you have your enemies skewered, I think it would be wasteful not to stay and watch them writhe. I would even call it impolite. I value courtesy.

Talent is no doxy to follow only where gold jingles. Even in the poorest hovels artists can be born as often as cutpurses.