24 quotes found
“Embrace the pain, Sharum.”
“I have rare moments of competence.”
“All men are brothers in the night.”
“Weakness shown is worse than weakness felt.”
“Fear and pain can only touch you if you let them.”
“Folk cant learn their lessons if they skip school.”
“To shift a few grains of sand is no more a sign of great strength than to see the sun a sign of great sight. There is no glory in dominating the weak.”
“Cant trust no one else to do what you wont do for yourself.”
“Why are you doing this? Amanvah whispered, her accent thick like her mothers, but every word clear. My mother would not be so kind to one who tried to poison her.Nor would mine, but we are not our ...”
“He feared no challenger face-to-face, but war was deception, as Khevat had taught him, and not all men fought their enemies with spear and fist.”
“How did you deal with it? How do you stop loving someone?The Creator didnt make love conditional, Jona said. Love is what makes us human. What separates us from the corelings. There is value in it,...”
“Let others determine your worth and you're already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.”
“Rojer! his mother cried, stumbling towards the washing trough before falling to her knees. Screaming in pain, she reached back and got a firm grip on one of the coreling's horns.You... can't... hav...”
“My father said the weakest camel draws the wolves. Mine told me to hide until the wolves go away, Abban replied.”
“Im not going to hide away and leave my friends to the corelings! she shouted. Well find a way to ward the Holy House, and make our stand here. Together! And if demons should dare come and try to ta...”
“My breakthrough was when I began to write during my commute, at first taking notes on my Palm Pilot, and then moving on to writing full prose on the tiny QWERTY keyboard of my iPaq smartphone. I go...”
“Letting your guard down, even for a moment, invites death.”
“Can’t trust no one else to do what you won’t do for yourself.”
“Why are you doing this?” Amanvah whispered, her accent thick like her mother’s, but every word clear. “My mother would not be so kind to one who tried to poison her.”“Nor would mine, but we are not...”
“How did you deal with it? How do you stop loving someone?”“The Creator didn’t make love conditional,” Jona said. “Love is what makes us human. What separates us from the corelings. There is value i...”
