41 quotes found
“Jesus didn't die on the cross so we can do something epic. He died so we can have a relationship with an epic God who moves in epic ways!”
“I remember the great feeling of sadness to have left many of our brothers behind in a foreign land, but as I sat on the rowing bench, alongside Hengist and Yffi, as the Famous Horse sailed over the...”
“A port arrival makes you feel so free ...To realize what it is to be a free man, with a world before him;”
“Its in our nature to want to watch our human frailties played out on a huge, epic canvas. Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama: fat...”
“Happiness is a prison, Evey. Happiness is the most insidious prison of all”
“Those around you can have their novellas, sweet, their short stories of clich and coincidence, occasionally spiced up with tricks of the quirky, the achingly mundane, the grotesque. A few will even...”
“Inching into the room, its clear something is wrong here. Theres a tingling sensation up my legs and back before I can even really focus on the parlors details. There are silhouettes of people, but...”
“As I prefer to see it, there has never been an epic love story that involved significant amounts of self-control.”
“When youre lost theres nowhere to go but forward. One step at a time and the way will show itself.”
“That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.”
“I can help you, Jorge. I can give you back your self. I can give you your will.' He held out his hand, palm open. 'Free will has to be taken,' I said.”
“Lost race?” The Prince studied Orayna, trying to see something inhuman in her. “Why have I never heard of these ‘Rathiuel’?” “Because,” Azaroth rapped his knuckles on the Prince’s skull, “you do no...”
“We were friends before.” Sort of. We never tried to kill each other.”
“Being on the edge is always worse than going through”
“You will know him by the blade he carries and the Dark-born skill with which he wields it, for none who know the love of the Father may defeat the Darkblade, yet all must stand against him.”
“It’s in our nature to want to watch our human frailties played out on a huge, epic canvas. Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama: fa...”
“Those around you can have their novellas, sweet, their short stories of cliché and coincidence, occasionally spiced up with tricks of the quirky, the achingly mundane, the grotesque. A few will eve...”
“Inching into the room, it’s clear something is wrong here. There’s a tingling sensation up my legs and back before I can even really focus on the parlor’s details. There are silhouettes of people, ...”
“When you’re lost there’s nowhere to go but forward. One step at a time – and the way will show itself.”