‘You think the Source only usues good men for his purposes? I have seen differently.’
– Waylander, to Chardyn, Hero in the Shadows
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‘A man should be free to do what he wants to do, as long as it doesn’t hurt others.’
– Gilad, to Bregan, Legend
‘We are all fools. But I will see out this game.’
– Chareos, to Kiall, Quest for Lost Heroes
‘Such thoughts are for the young. Pride is everything, status must be fought for. It is all empty and meaningless. It is ephemeral. Like the leaf on the oak tree. “Look at me, I am the greenest leaf, the biggest leaf, the finest leaf. None of the other leaves has my majesty.” Yet autumn beckons, and winter mocks all the leaves, the great and the green, the small and the stunted.’
– Kysumu, to Waylander, Hero in the Shadows
‘Without fear there can be no courage.’
– Song Xiu, to Yu Yu Liang, Hero in the Shadows
‘Never let anger, or outrage, or fear affect you. That is easy advice to give, but hard to follow. Men will bait you, they will laugh at you, they will jeer. But it is just noise. They will do anything to make you angry or emotional. But the only way you can make them suffer is to win. And to do that you must remain cool.’
– Chareos, to Kiall, Quest for Lost Heroes
‘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. Now women are a different matter; they see the child in a man for what it is.’
– Ananais, to Renya, The King Beyond the Gate
‘My uncle said that words were just noises in the air. Trust deeds, he told me, not words.’
– Keeva Taliana, to Waylander, Hero in the Shadows
‘My father told me that a man is lucky if in his life he can count on at least two good friends. He maintained that a man with many friends had to be either rich or stupid, and I think that is largely true. In all my life I have had only one friend, and that is you.’
– Sieben, to Druss, The Legend of Deathwalker