46 quotes found
“The darkness is no place to be in times like this.”
“ The darkness is no place to be in times like this.”
“A book, child. A book just for you, in a lost language.”
“..and she a star, to outshine all the suns of mans days.”
“Whatever my path, I have faith I will end up where I need to be.”
“You have such faith, he tells me. Let it be bigger than your fears.”
“I can pick a liar from a lineup of thieves and slanderers: the best of the best. I was hoping you would not resist the information we need but I must ask you now to answer my question truthfully an...”
“My dear cousin means the world to me. He is my only ally and I lost him. Deep in my heart I know he didnt want to blame me but his heart is set on that training and I had been beginning to think th...”
“I have my own. I don't believe in religion, just as you mentioned. I think it does more harm than good. Believers see it as the one truth, non believers see it as trash and king's use it for power....”
“Since the beginning of time there was always stories like this, he replies. As children we reveled in the dream that there was a place out there that was different from the one we lived in.”
“Just as I had done, my father sleeps off and on for days. Sometimes I sit by the bed in Marta's house and stare at him until I feel like it isn't a dream anymore. Sometimes Jimmi joins me and somet...”
“Grin is still beside me. His arms are hung tightly as his side and I take his hand. It is like touching stone and he turns stiffly toward me as we begin making our way back to where Rosso had campe...”
“I believe that we should all be free to believe what we want and not be condemned for it, I say without a thought. I believe in a higher power and that it works within us. Whatever the name doesn't...”
“You know when it comes to who should govern themselves, we have old people talking around tables, Jimmi says. When you throw religion into the mix, you have a whole new set of problems. You can't s...”
“The way he moves-a singular motion with such ease-put me in awe. He takes down one, two and then three without even bending his back. Knocking down a man so gracefully was nothing I had ever seen b...”
“It's irresponsible to think things are just going to work out because you believe things happen for a reason. I refuse to accept these things. I refuse to give in to that absurdity. You saw what ha...”
“Jimmi manages a laugh that makes my skin crawl. Do you really think what you read in those books is true? Sure, some of it may be but have you ever actually paid attention to it? It's all false set...”
“Why would they lie to us?Because deep down, we're all afraid of having peace. Because deep down we know we're all poisoned. We're more afraid of ourselves than we are of others. In that thinking, w...”
“When we die, our bodies turn to dust, he says. If you were nobody of consequence, you're forgotten unless you do something worth remembering. When he looks my way, I purse my lips and look down. Ot...”
“I think, actually I know that it's overwhelmingly possible for men to conduct such atrocities as to kill a man in cold blood, to burn towns and to parade with the the dead on the tips of their swor...”
“Everyone is good at heart. We all do things with the greatest of intentions and most of the time we do it for selfish reasons. Myself included.”
“Everyone makes mistakes. If everyone fell into the sand after making a mistake we would never get anywhere. We'd all be washed away in the sea, lost forever. Do you understand?”
