You can only win the game when you understand that it is a game. Let a man play chess, and tell him that every pawn is his friend. Let him think both bishops holy. Let him remember happy days in the shadows of his castles. Let him love his queen. Watch him lose them all.
Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, Book 1) (ed. HarperCollins UK, 2011) - ISBN: 9780007423309