Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world

Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse.

One word more, a final caution: Do not forget whom to fear at the last. I have had to be content with killing and torment but now my plans are laid, and I have begun. I shall not rest until I have eradicated hope from the Earth. Think on that, and be dismayed!

We didn't make the world. All we have to do is live in it.

I had no intention of pursuing either the characters or the setting further.

And you require no answers, Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, You are sufficient to every question.

However you look at it, in these books power tends to be an expression of the essential nature of the person or being whose power it is. On those occasions when we've seen Lord Foul act directly, he seems to exert the withering force of pure scorn. IMHO, that's pretty intense.

Where do you get dreams like this?

In accepting the Gift you Honor the Giver

The heart cherishes secrets not worth the telling

This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken.