Talith confronted the self-contained prince she recalled much too clearly from the tumultuous events that surrounded a failed coronation.
Some gifts of friendship cannot be earned, no matter how hard we try to live up to them.
Let her own shortfalls, and not your vindictive perfectionism, be the quality that throws her to destruction.
But a parcel of walled soil does not make the heart of a ruler or define the nobility of a people!
As a spirit schooled to power, his perception stems from one absolute. Universal harmony begins with recognition that the life in an ordinary pebble is as sacred as conscious selfhood.
An illusion threatens no one with harm. Neither can it be dispelled by armed force.
You cannot trust yourself,’ she agreed, bed-rock calm. ‘Therefore, let go. Seize life and place trust in me.
When hope dies, you breathe it back to life again! No matter how long it takes, or what time's required to heal the wound. Disappointment will not last a lifetime unless you lie down and give in.
This is my present, also yours, free to choose. I am here at your side, alive, and no ghost. Let beauty and care forge the weapons tonight.
Should we act on our unseen fears before the virtue of human kindness? Who’s given us more, the Light’s faith or that stranger? And if you choose to reject generosity, then what standing do we have le...
No driven man hears unwanted counsel.
I should be impressed?’ he commented finally. ‘World renowned for foul works and mayhem, whether I practise such doctrine, or not? A shame. Shown such vulgar taste, what man with a mind would scarcely...
Your prim faith in the True Sect’s canon serves naught. The temple preaches a loveless morality that cares not one jot for the plight of our livelihood. The priests are fat parasites, theosophizing on...
You know, that's the trouble with drinking. Come the morning, you can never remember their names.
The miracle left him dumbfounded, that his heart had not yet shirked its weary task of pumping his bored blood through his brain.
The grievous burden of remorse shouted shame, that a criminally blind ideology could reject the promise of birthright, then mangle the exuberant vigour of life, designed by nature to celebrate only cr...
The curse that afflicted this scion of s'Ilessid had become everything the Fellowship of the Seven had warned and worse.
Some gifts of friendship cannot be earned. They exist, beyond price, and we cannot hope to match up to them.
Prophets are dastardly pessimists, to a man.
I would sooner converse with a snake! He side-stepped the clutter.Speak and have done. Even snakes prefer their choice of company.