Embrace the pain, Sharum.
Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear.
“Fear and pain can only touch you if you let them.”
“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 ...”
“All men are brothers in the night.”
“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.”
“Pain is not the same as suffering. Left to itself, the body discharges pain spontaneously, letting go of it the moment that the underlying cause is healed. Suffering is pain that we hold on to. It ...”
“In pleasant peace and security How suddenly the soul in a man begins to die He shall look up above the stalled oxen Envying the cruel falcon, And dig under the straw for a stone To bruise himself on.”
“It is amazing, though, what pains your subconscious will undergo in achieve sustainable peace.”