Love is like a lot of things, it is always best done with the head. Save mindless efforts for mindless things.
Kroldech isn’t fit to command fleas attacking a dog.
Good, said Creed. I always like it when a captain has a plan; makes getting killed a lot less random.
Forgive me, Magnus.’‘I don’t know if I can.’‘You must.’
As my grandmother said, 'Sorry won't unbreak the eggs'. Just clean the mess and move on.
The sound of old winter ice breaking at spring’s touch,
He reminded himself as he turned another corner — glancing automatically into the shadows to see if anyone lurked there — the deed was the thing, not the praise.
We are the music makers,We are the dreamers of dreams,Wandering by lone sea-breakers,And sitting by desolate streams;—World-losers and world-forsakers,On whom the pale moon gleams:We are the movers an...
Thousands of men had died needlessly so that two madmen could betray a good king.
There are two kinds of strength. Power and the ability to wield it is obvious, but resilience, the ability to resist power, is the other.
The ways of the heart are complex. He looked out at the ocean again. The waves churn and break upon the rocks, Talon. So do human feelings. Passion can be a man’s undoing. With passion must come wisdo...
The pride Kaspar had seen in his father’s eyes, despite the admonishing words about foolish acts, had branded the boy for life. 'Never be afraid.' He knew that no matter what, any choice must be made...
Now he wondered what use it would be. For Kaspar’s death would not bring back his father, Elk’s Call at Dawn, or his mother, Whisper of the Night Wind. His brother, Hand of the Sun, and his little sis...
Life is problems. Living is solving problems.
There was no answer he knew, until he actually faced death.
There was nothing left to fear. He would endure or he wouldn’t.
The faults we see in others never seem as dreadful as those we see in ourselves.
The Empire is all those who live within its borders, from the nobles to the lowest servant, even the slaves who work the fields. It must be seen as a whole, not as being embodied by some small but vis...
Robert had taught him to keep his thoughts in the present or near future, for as Robert had told him, To dwell in the past is to live in regret.
You are not like others. You are of neither the Lesser nor the Greater Path. You are a sorcerer, one who knows there are no paths, only magic. And magic may be limited only by the limits of one’s gift...