Just as a beautiful woman demanded attention by virtue of her face and figure, Breeze drew it by near unconscious use of his powers.
I cannot know truth, so I follow one who does.
And... how much are we getting paid for achieving the impossible?
A man should never pull a trigger unless he’s willing to kill. And if the other fellow is armed, I’m going to aim for the chest. That way, when people do die around me, it’s the right ones.
Keeping track of forty-seven hallucinations is tough enough. If I had to imagine their in-laws too, I just might end up going crazy.
Well, now – he said slowly – that’s almost a big enough prize to be tempting.
A coward is a person who cares more about what people say than about what is right.
I can’t decide if you’re a fool, Vin thought toward it, or if you simply exist in a way that makes you incapable of considering some things.
Get out. I’ll send a bill with a drone. If you survive, I expect it to be paid.
It seemed so odd that faith should so be sacrificed in the name of religion.
I need you to stick your head in a bucket of water and slowly count to a thousand!
To cover his embarrassment, he attuned Curiosity and tried Rock’s drink of the day. “This is good! What is in it?” “Ha! Is water I boiled cremlings in, before serving them last night.
He tried not to think about the consequences of a failure. Tried not to think about the fact that he still held Beldre hostage. Tried not to worry about the fact that.
You underestimate the stubbornness a crown can press into a man or woman’s mind.
I see only one woman here. The one who is standing up.
I hate you,” I muttered. “Ach, now, don’t be like that. Ghosts are drawn to negative emotions, you see.
You are worried I’ve started something dangerous,” I said. “You’re wrong. I’m not starting it, I’m finishing it.
One could enjoy a grand painting without being able to replicate its brush-strokes. Art was valuable for the very reason that it could be appreciated by those of lesser skill.
But it’s not a matter of morality, is it? It’s a matter of thresholds. How many guilty may be punished before you’d accept one innocent casualty? A thousand? Ten thousand? A hundred? When you consider, all calculations are meaningless except one. Has more good been done than evil? If so, then the law has done its job.
I can’t bully you,” I said. “You’re taller than I am.