How much of what you’ve done was about love, and how much was about proving something?
Venli attuned Anxiety, then Confidence, then Anxiety again.
I don’t want to anger your grandmother by getting you killed. She made me a pie last week.
But perhaps most important, the change was in not merely knowing that you weren’t alone – but in feeling it. Realizing that no matter how isolated you thought you were, no matter how often your brain told you terrible things, there were others who understood. It wouldn’t fix everything. But it was a start.
I wasn’t sure what Sun Tzu or Beowulf would say about flirting with cute guys. Maybe share the skulls of your enemies with them, as a gesture of affection?
Sometimes it’s too easy to forget the things you should remember – and far too easy to remember the things you really should forget.
All people must accept that we have the potential to do terrible things. It is part of seeing our place in the universe, our heritage, and our natures. But in that acceptance we gain strength, for potential can be refused. Any hero who could have been a monster is more heroic for the choices he or she made to walk another road.
Even small actions have consequences. And while we can often choose our actions, we rarely get to choose our consequences.
City folk, particularly politicians, were intimidated by small arms. They preferred to kill people with more modern weapons, like poverty and despair.
Enjoy memories, yes, but don’t be a slave to who you wish you once had been.
It might be said that Tress had a way with words. In that her words tended to get in her way.
I’m not exactly a “there are nuances to this situation” type of girl. I’m more of an “if it’s still moving, you didn’t use enough ammunition” type of girl.
Do you know how many grand romances would have avoided tragedy if the hero had thought, “You know, maybe I should ask her if she likes me first”?
If bravery is the wind that makes us soar like kites, fear is the string that keeps us from going too far.
In the land where everyone screams, everyone is also slightly deaf.
I could be afraid, then become courageous. I could be small-minded, then come to understand. I could be selfish. Then move beyond it. I could start as human, then allow myself to become something more.
Well, parents have to say things like that. They’re required to see the best in their children, otherwise living with the little sociopaths would drive a person mad.
Ain’t no fellow who regretted giving it one extra shake, but you can bet every guy has regretted giving one too few.
The part the stories leave out,” Tress said as the Sorceress’s runes formed into a vibrant wall, “is everything that comes before. You see, I’ve discovered that it’s all right to need help. So long as you’ve lived your life as the kind of person who deserves to be rescued.
One of the great tragedies of life is knowing how many people in the world are made to soar, paint, sing, or steer – except they never get the chance to find out.