I was lonely, and the lonely heart has hungers that can overpower both common sense and dignity.
I was as foolish as I had ever been, no, even stupider, for the gullibility of a boy is fatuousness in a man.
I tried to comfort him. I tried to tell him it might be chance, not destiny, that has put him here. Do you know what he said?That there is no chance, only destiny.Her hands paused. How did you know?It...
I think there is in the heart of a man a place made for wonder. It sleeps inside, awaiting fulfillment. All one’s life, one gathers treasures to fill it. Sometimes they are tiny glistening jewels: a f...
I think I made a better boy than I do a man, I admitted ruefully to the wolf. Why not wait until you've been at it a bit longer and then decide? he suggested.
I suddenly wished to go back, to have again each separate day to spend. Time. I was trapped in it, fenced into a tiny piece of now that was the only time I could influence. All the soons and tomorrows...
I made a sudden decision. and my dog has followed me from town and cought up with us here. I left him with friends, but he must have chewed his rope. here, boy, come to heel. I'll chew your heel off f...
I do not know whom I wish to win; until I do, I will let no player be eliminated.
I could set aside my responsibilities to others and live my life as I pleased only when I also severed my ties to them. I could not have it both ways. To be part of a family, or any community, is to h...
I am quite safe, I assure you. But, even if I were not, I have the habits of a lifetime to protect me. And Lacey. Lacey? I could not keep incredulity from my voice nor a grin from my face. I turned to...
I accepted their ridicule by sulking manfully.
He spoke solemnly. This is our last hunt, old wolf. And as we always have, we go to it together.
He smiled, and reminded me that no man could make time, but only use that which he was given wisely.
He shook his head slowly. I am not the person I was born. Neither are you. I know no one who is. Truly, Fitz, all we ever know are facets of one another. Perhaps we feel as if we know one another well...
Fun, fun, fun, got you, got you, and got you again! Here, you’re dead, here, I broke your forepaw, here, your blood runs out! Got you, got you, got you!
For, Yes, he had sighed on his dying breath, and all knew that was the ultimate prayer one could offer to life.
For time is the great enslaver of us all.
Fitz: Shall we get up tomorrow and go looking for a wild pig?Nighteyes: I didn’t lose any wild pigs, did you?
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...
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