Michael J. Sullivan Quotes

They smiled too much, were quick to compliment and support, but behind the stretched lips and soft words was a judgment. No one was ever good enough—at least not until they were dead. The dead were ex...

She was too proud to eat her share of what little food we had. She told me she had. She swore she did. But every time I complained about being so hungry it hurt, she always offered me a nut or a parti...

Royce’s tone shifted between amazed and angry but finally settled on a nice restrained tempest.

That living has no value - it's what you do with life that gives it worth.

I think everyone has the capacity to do great things, to rise above their everyday lives; they just need a little push now and then.

I think everyone may have underestimated your mother’s love for you. Me included.

Sunlight had a way of showing the realities that shadows born of firelight hid. The

The bishop grew old, then just stopped changing. The elderly were like that. Children matured quickly, then hovered briefly in that sweet period of perfectly ripe youth. Soon after, the scourge of age...

There you are! he shouted at them. Father has half the castle turnedout looking for you.Us? Hadrian asked.Yes. Fanen nodded. He wants to see the two thieves in his chambersright away.You didn’t steal...

If this keeps up, we’re going to own Melengar, Hadrian mentioned.What’s this we stuff? Royce asked. You’re retired, remember?Oh? So you’ll be leading the Nationalist advance, will you?Sixty-forty? Roy...

So you have been paying attention.I'm not as stupid as you think I am.You have no idea how stupid I think you are, and honestly, we don't have time for that conversation.Hadrian scowled.

They left us for dead, didn’t they? We told them this would happen. We came all this way to try and save them. You’d think they’d have the decency to let us out when they saw we were right.Probably th...

There, Hadrian said. Problem solved, and you aren’t wanted for murder. Isn’t that nice?It’s only nice not being wanted for murder if you’ve actually killed someone. Otherwise, what’s the point? Beside...

Royce turned to Hadrian. It’s supposed to make them look tough, but all it really does is make it easy to identify them as thieves for the rest of their lives. Painting a red hand on everyone is prett...

Road—tomorrow? Myron asked. Am I going back to the abbey? Better—you’re going to be a hero.

It wasn’t necessary. Wilmer offered his piece of the map in exchange for a fair share. His only condition was to come along.And Maribor’s beard, was that ever a mistake, Wilmer said. Might have been b...

Silent, still, dark, and distant. Far more manageable, less troublesome. People are small; they can be ignored. He raised his head toward the invisible horizon. The whole world is small at a height li...

We’d get out of it. She stared at the huge bell for a moment and then added, I hate the sound of that bell. A gusty breeze rustled the leaves and threw a lock of hair in her face. She brushed it back...

I’m not going to kill these people, Hadrian said. They’re nice people. How do you know? I talked to them. You talked to me too. You’re not nice people. I know, I know, I have those wolf eyes that good...

The main paused only a moment, then pulled the boy around so he could look the lad in the eye. There's doing what's right, and there's doing what's safe. Most of the time you do what's safe because do...