Truths were carved from the identical wood as were lies — words — and so sank or floated with equal ease. But since truths were carved by the World, they rarely appeased Men and their innumerable vanities.
-- Drusas Achamian, in “The White-Luck Warrior” by R. Scott Bakker
-- Drusas Achamian, in “The White-Luck Warrior” by R. Scott Bakker