So much in jeopardy—so much at stake—and yet what can a leaf do to influence the wind?
Long is the day in the summertime,long is the song which I play,I will keep your memory in my heart,till you come to me…
I hate dwarves.
I want to know how long we have before he rises. If I cut off his head, will he stay down longer?The servant rolled his eyes. He’s not getting up! You killed him.My Tetlin ass! That’s a god. Gods don’...
You always think everything is so easy, Royce replied, wiping his eyes.I'm just a glass-half-full kinda guy. How's your glass looking these days?I have no idea. I'm still trying to get over the sheer...
There always seemed to be a better way, except when it came to people. Once broken, people couldn't be repaired.
Usually to make something truly great, you need to start from scratch, Royce remembered him saying. You need to break everything down, strip away the impurities, and it takes great heat to do that, bu...
What's the advantage of fear or the benefit of regret or the bonus of granting misery a foothold even if death is embracing you? My old abbot used to say, Life is only precious if you wish it to be. I...
Plotting was the antithesis of doing. The man who sits and schemes continues to sit while others achieve.
That's the thing about hatred, it can become rancid, and it'll turn into poison if you keep it bottled too long. Hatred will eat through any container and seep into the groundwater of a soul. Revenge...
My name is Hadrian Blackwater.Congratulations. Uh … what’s yours?Leave me alone.
You don’t win battles with hate. Anger and hate can make you brave, make you strong, but they also make you stupid.
This isn’t over, Merrick replied. DeLancy is dead. You have no idea what that means. The scales are balanced. The demon is unleashed.
Their jobs were almost too clean for Royce's taste.
Right. And our first job is to teach her to give a speech on the Grand Balcony in three days.That does not sound too difficult. Has she done much public speaking?Amilia forced a smile. A week ago she...
Instructors could teach the basic techniques and methods, but a mastery of mechanical knowledge could never make a person an artist. No one could teach creativity or invention. A spark needed to come...
And why would she do that? Hadrian shouted to the upper story.She told you herself. Farlan was going to have the sheriff investigate. Yeah, investigate you! But I didn’t kill anyone. Well, not anyone...
Fulfillment comes from striving to succeed, to survive by your own wits and strength. Such things make each of us who we are. Using the blanket, he rubbed his hair. You lose that in captivity, lose yo...
How many tears must we weep? How loud must we cry? How many farewells must we say, for the dead to hear goodbye?
More valuable than gold, more precious than life, is mercy bestowed upon he who hast not known its soft kiss
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