Bishops Move Diagonally. That's Why They Often Turn Up Where The Kings Don't Expect Them To Be.

Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.

Small Gods; Terry Pratchett

"They never liked us, did they?" "Gods don't 'like'. They love and they hate and they ignore ... "

The Sandman: The Kindly Ones Neil Gaiman

Sometimes we can choose the path we follow. Sometimes our choices are made for us. And sometimes we have no choice at all.

Dream; The Sandman: Season of Mists Neil Gaiman

Life is too short for chess.

Henry James Byron

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

Italian Proverb

What do you think a knight is for, girl? You think it's all taking favors from ladies and looking fine in a gold plate? Knights are for killing. I killed my first man at twelve. I've lost count of how many I've killed since then. High lords with old names, fat rich men dressed in velvet, knights puffed up like bladders with their honors, yes, and women and children, too-they're all meat, and I'm the butcher. Let them have their lands and their gods and their gold. Let them have their sers.

Sandor Clegane, A Song of Ice and Fire; George R. R. Martin