‘It is a strange thing about some men. In matters of business or war, they can be giants; wise to a fault. In matters of the heart, they are like children.‘
– Ananais, to Renya, The King Beyond The Gate
Monthly Archives: August 2020
‘I said I was frightened. There’s a difference. A coward is a man who knows what’s right, but is afraid to do it; there’s plenty of them around. But the worst of them are easy to spot: they talk loud, they brag big, and given a chance they’re as cruel as sin. ‘
– An old man, to Druss, The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend
‘The seas and the mountains are eternal and unchanging. We are just here for a little while and then we fade into the dust of history.‘
– Odysseus, to Kalliades, Shield of Thunder
‘All life is balanced. Light and dark, weak and strong, good and evil. The harmony of nature. In perpetual darkness all plants would die. In perpetual sunlight they would wither and burn. The balance is everything.‘
– Revelation, to Cotta, Last Sword of Power