A great part of what unmanned me was distress at the destruction of my own body. It was odd to realise that I had an emotional attachment to my own flesh. My deep desire to keep it functioning well su...
Sometimes it only makes one more lonely to know that somewhere else, one's friends and family are well.
A man’s deep friendships were the most important thing he could possess. Things can be broken, or lost. All a man can keep for certain are the things in his mind and heart.
A small pebble can turn a wheel out of its path, he told me, but warned me that it was seldom a pleasant experience for the pebble.
All this guilt and shame and remorse you carry, Kestrel. Don’t you see? That is what they burned you with. And you have added to it, all these years. The wall is of your own making. Take it down. Forg...
As I apologized to her a flicker of panic raced through me and then faded away. There wasn't enough life left in me to panic. I'd made a mistake and I was dying. Apparently not even a Speck afterlife...
Be now what you must be to succeed at the end of your journey, and when the end comes, you will find it is just another beginning.’ Althea
But when all roads lead to death, there is no point to running down any of them.
But you don't know what will happen.''No. That is our curse. To know that something will happen, and only after it is over, to look back and say, Oh, that is what that meant. If only I'd known. It can...
Claro que não sabes (...) E nem sequer queres ver o que está posto na mesa à tua frente. Homens. Se estivesse a chover sopa, estarias lá fora com um garfo.
Dragons don't bother with introductions.
Estamos aqui', respondi, e soltei uma gargalhada. Nunca pensara que a ira e o desespero pudessem fazer um homem rir.
Even if you do only a little damage, they will learn that touching you has a price. Some will not be willing to pay it. I
Even the homeliest girl secretly dreams that a man might fall in love with her inner spirit.
Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path.
Fate rushes down upon us! The time drags and the days plod past, lulling us into thinking that the doom we fear will always so delay. Then, abruptly, the dark days we have all predicted are upon us, a...
Fish? No fish. Sorry. Sorry is not fish. What good is sorry?
Fitz, you are angry. I can feel it like storm waves lashing my shores.
Fitz: Shall we get up tomorrow and go looking for a wild pig?Nighteyes: I didn’t lose any wild pigs, did you?
For too many, when they get their dream, they discover it is not what they wanted. Or the dream is bigger than their abilities, and all ends in bitterness.
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