Sometimes We Can Choose The Path We Follow. Sometimes Our Choices Are Made For Us. And Sometimes We Have

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

It is sometimes a mistake to climb, it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt.

Dream; The Sandman: Fables and Reflections Neil Gaiman

Never trust the storyteller. Only trust the story.

The Sandman: Fables and Reflections Neil Gaiman

"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

They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical: it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) to rush into the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. No one ever asks them if they want to. This book is dedicated to those fine men.

Guards! Guards!; Terry Pratchett

But of course! Nothing says "romance" like the gift of a kidnapped injured woman!

Yvaine; Stardust