These woods are as empty as you think, he had said. You cannot know what the light might summon from the darkness.
He was a pitiful thing. He had always been a pitiful thing. Why had she never seen that before? There was a hollow place inside her where her fear had been.
When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.
War seems like a fine adventure, the greatest most of them will ever know. Then they get a taste of battle. For some, that one taste is enough to break them. Others go on for years, until they lose co...
The white horse and the black one wheeled like lovers at a harvest dance, the riders throwing steel in place of kisses.
She went to the window seat and sat there, sniffling, hating them all, and herself most of all. It was all her fault, everything bad that had happened.
Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go.
And then he looked at Damon Julian.
A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.
When the end comes, I will meet it raging.
The sword was not the kingdom, he says.
Queen you shall be, until there comes another, younger and more beautiful, to cast you down and take all that you hold dear.
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.
In the closeness of the passage, the queen could smell the other woman's perfume, a musky scent that spoke of moss and earth and wildflowers. Under it, she smelled ambition.
If any man tries to stop us, cut him down.
And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history?If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you.
A fair bargain leaves both sides unhappy.
All men carry murder in their hearts, yet even so, the poisoner is beneath contempt.
What do we say to the Lord of Death?''Not today.