The dominoes of fate are falling down as we are speaking, and Ferriar knows what will happen when the last one crashes down.

Do not forget about the butterflies.

They were rebellious through their artistic expression and their uplifting spirits

He is a free man, not because is in a poition of political power and influence that you will never be able to achieve, and not because he has more character and heart in his fingertip than you have in your entire being, but because he is a man, and is thus entitled to be free.

The festive music died down and the granite pillars were replaced with rotted wooden beams as he continued down the alleyways. The scent of fresh flowers turned to mold, and the colorful mosiacs of honor and nobility were nonexistent. Run-down tenements were shadowed by its surrounding buildings, as if the capital itself wanted to conceal its existence.

the illusion that power lies within the hands of the common man is more important than legitimate efficiency within the government.

Animals do not respect their master's brother, but they do respect their brothers as masters.

a true leader must be able to command with an iron fist, not just a humble heart.

A true leader is not meant to be greeted with unanimous praise by his people. A leader is meant to be questioned, to be suspect, to be hated. If he is not, then one can easily assume that either he has not challenged his abilities as a leader by making a decision that creates a split between the people, or he is forcing his subjects to bow before him.