“In Tsurani culture, forgiveness was simply a less shameful form of weakness than capitulation.”

“Forgive me, Magnus.I dont know if I can.You must.Still looking into the distance, he said, You need my forgiveness?No. Im dead. You can do nothing for me. You need to forgive me so you can live.”

“There were two things going on: 1) I had already established in my own mind where I wanted to go with the next series, and having James around as a Grey Eminence would have complicated matters. He ...”

“Forgive me, Magnus.’‘I don’t know if I can.’‘You must.’Still looking into the distance, he said, ‘You need my forgiveness?’‘No. I’m dead. You can do nothing for me. You need to forgive me so you ca...”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”