Michael J. Sullivan Quotes

I don’t have a single callus. Even if I decided to leave title and pride behind, I lack any useful skills. I’m like a milk cow slapped on the backside and turned out of the barn to make her way in the...

I hope you’re planning on heading to the kitchens. I’m starved—practically eating my fingers here. He chuckled.

You were right about the swords, Royce said. You really do need three. You sound drunk. I feel drunk-and I hate being drunk. Nothing works the way it’s supposed to. And it makes me act stupid … like y...

I suspect she, or someone she reports to, read the note I left in my pack. You left a note for the thieves’ guild? What did it say? Just that they were my animals and that they might want to reconside...

I think comfort can be a curse, an addiction that without warning or notice erodes hope. Live it long enough and the prison stops being the walls or the guards. Instead, it's the fear you can't surviv...

I think running from responsibility breeds self-loathing and despair. I think people can, and do, rise to the occasion, and even a single person can make an incredible difference. What they need are l...

If given a choice between a potentially great hardship and doing nothing, people gravitate toward what was most familiar and comfortable. That was why leadership was needed. To do what was necessary r...

If given a choice between a potentially great hardship and doing nothing, people gravitated toward what was most familiar and comfortable. That was why leadership was needed.

If it was that easy, your father would have told you himself. This-like any real truth-must be discovered on your own. Honestly, I have no idea what your father might have told you. I do know he felt...

You’re unique—truly unique. You have hair—and it’s two colors. Your skin sags, and has all those great creases, like a beloved knapsack that has been taken everywhere and shows evidence of every mile....

Is he going to be a problem? Hadrian asked, watching the ex-commander hop into the rain, grumbling.Parker? No. I just needed to remind him that he’s terrified of me.

What was that all about? Royce asked. Hadrian shrugged, but Royce looked unconvinced. You were here for what—five years? Anything happen? Anything you want to share?Sure, he replied with a sarcastic g...

It has taken a long time to find, but there is a pattern to the world. Wobble it and it corrects, which should be impossible; chaos should beget chaos. Order should be only one possibility and drowned...

It’s hard to explain the feeling of it—the power—it’s as if I can do anything. Can you imagine knowing you can do anything? It’s exciting, alluring—it draws you in and you want it like a hunger. You f...

Perhaps one of us should talk to him? Eugene suggested. If we find out his story, there might be nothing to fear. Our young apprentice has a point, Sebastian said with enough surprise in his voice to...

You think he’s still alive? Royce asked, nodding his head toward Alric.Sure, Hadrian replied without bothering to look. He’s probably sleeping. Why do you ask?I was just pondering something. Do you th...

Say, Hilfred. Mauvin turned to him. Your father is pretty fair with a blade.My father is excellent, Reuben corrected. He’s known to be the best sword in the royal guard next to the lieutenant and the...

Lying was a betrayal to one’s self. It’s evidence of self-loathing. When you are so ashamed of your actions, thoughts, or intentions, you lie rather than accepting yourself for who you really are—or,...

The sled runners had been replaced by wheels and they traveled on a rutted, muddy road that formed a dark line between two fields of snow that occasionally showed a patch of matted, tangled weeds. See...

There are still eight of us, Guy pointed out. Not exactly an even fight.I was thinking the same thing, Mauvin said. Sadly, there’s no one else here we can ask to join your side.Guy looked at Mauvin, t...