T'riss sat down opposite the Warden, her expression thoughtful. 'Is civilisation nothing but an illusion, then?' - Steven Erikson

Do not let the title of scholar, or poet, or lord, intimidate you overmuch. More importantly, do not delude yourself into imagining that such men and women are loftier, or somehow cleverer or purer of intgrity or ideal than you or the other commoner. We live in a world of facades, but the grins behind them are all wretched.

It’s the ignorant who find a cause and cling to it, for within that is the illusion of significance. Faith, a king, queen or Emperor, or vengeance…all the bastion of fools.

Speak truth, grow still, until the water is clear between us.