The Real Secret Of Magic Is That

A Hero Is Someone Who Simply Got Too Frightened To Use His Good Sense And Run Away, Then Somehow Lived Through It All.

The World Is Much Larger Than I Once Dreamed, Or Perhaps My Place In It Is Smaller Than I Once Realized.

My Dear Dead Mother Wanted Me To Go Into An Honorable Trade, Like Grave Robbing. Would I Listen? No. Be An Assassin, Like Your Uncle Gustav, She Said. Would I Pay Heed? No. Apprentice To The Necromancer―

Neal Had A Couple Of Good Ideas And They Fit Nicely, So That's The Way I Decided To Go.

Dolgan: ’tis A Wise Thing To Know What Is Wanted, And Wiser Still To Know When ‘tis Achieved. Rhuagh: True. And Still Wiser To Know When It Is Unachievable, For Then Striving Is Folly.