‘It is lonely on the top of the mountain.’
– The Moidart, to Gaise Macon, Stormrider
‘A good craftsman can create a masterpiece in four or five years. A fool with a hammer can destroy it in a few heartbeats.’
– The Morrigu, to Banouin, Midnight Falcon
‘It is often said that war brings out the best and the worst in men.’
– The Wyrd of Wishing Tree Woods, to Kaelin Ring and Rayster, Stormrider
‘There is a limit to the power of any single man – even a hero.’
– Eriatha, to Connavar, Sword in the Storm
‘It is the nature of weak men to see their weaknesses as strengths and other men’s strengths as weaknesses or stupidities.’
– The Morrigu, to Banouin, Midnight Falcon
‘What do you want me to say? That you are not the perfect man? Ha! As if that beast ever existed.‘
– Eriatha, to Connavar, Sword in the Storm
‘That’s what heroes do. They fight for what is right, no matter what the cost.‘
– Galliott the Borderer, to Sergeant Packard, Ravenheart
‘Hatred is like a plague. It is all-consuming, and it springs from man to man. Our enemies become demons, their wives the mothers of demons, their children infant demons.‘
– Banouin, to Connavar, Sword in the Storm
‘Always listen to fear. Never be ruled by it. Fear is like a cowardly friend. His advice is not always wrong, but, given the chance, he will drag you down into the pit he dwells in.‘
– Jaim Grymauch, to Kaelin Ring, Ravenheart
‘Evil? An interesting concept. The fox eats the partridge chicks. For the fox it is a delightful breakfast. For the mother partridge it is an evil calamity. It all becomes merely a case of which perspective one takes. The partridge or the fox.‘
– The Thagda, to Connavar, Sword in the Storm