Our memories are always faulty. They’re tainted by our emotions and perceptions. We filter everything we take in by our experiences. I mean, you said yourself a few minutes ago. Did I say what you thought I did or did you hear what you wanted me to say? It doesn’t make me a liar or you a fool. It’s just human nature. People see what they want to see and they hear what they need or want to hear.
I blamed you for what other dragons did. Instead of judging you by your actions and heart, I judged you by theirs and by my own fear.
Remember, you don’t have to outrun the zombie. You just have to outrun your friends.
Okay,” he said slowly as his ulcer came back with friends. “To certain death, dismemberment, and undignified screams, let us march!
That didn’t sound like them slinging beads at us. Think if I whip my shirt off, they’ll go blind and leave?” Nick.
People see their own sins in others.
I sense in you a true heart. A faithful heart. And by your wounds and scars, I can tell that you are fearless. So I shall call you Caleb, the faithful, fearless warrior who defends what he believes with everything he has. That is what I see when I look upon you. Not a demon. An ever-courageous, noble warrior. One day, I suspect, you shall look into a mirror and see the same noble man I do.” Lilliana.
Is there anything in this place to drink that didn’t once filter through internal organs?
Life isn’t about being fair,” he breathed. “It’s not about justice. It’s all about endurance and how much we can suffer through.
Oh no! No, you didn’t! You done had a buffet and you didn’t invite the Simi, for shame on you akri-Caleb! You a mean demon boy! You off the Simi Christmas list for that! No oven mitt for you! Bad, bad demon, bad!” Simi.
Should I get my violin out? I feel this little chat of yours needs an accompanying rhapsody.
One thing about Southern women, they were tough. No one said no and got away with it. Especially not when it came to a loved one.
For such a worldly, surly bastard, Bas had always been incredibly innocent. Always seen the best in people.
It’s amazing what you can get used to, isn’t it?” “How do you mean?” “Just that sometimes we let other people treat us wrongly because we want to be loved and accepted so badly that we’d do anything for it. It hurts when you know that no matter how much you try, how much you want it, they can’t love or accept you as you are. Then you hate all that time you wasted trying to please them and wonder what about you is so awful that they couldn’t at least pretend to love you.
He only felt a traitorous part of his body that wanted to be connected to her. But he knew better than to listen to that part of himself. It had a mind of its own that could get him into all kinds of nightmares if he let it.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark, but the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. When we refuse to see the truth that lies before us because facing it is too hard and scary for us. Because when we acknowledge that light, then we see the monsters the dark no longer hides and we are honor bound to do something to stop them.
Every person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to do violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned. Then he is forever lost. He is forever damned. Not by the world or the circumstances of his birth, but by his own free will.
Caleb! Stop napping!”Nick.
Even when he was in a crowd, surrounded by people, he was alone.
In every garden grows one single rose so perfect that once the frost takes it, no other can grow there again. My rose is and will ever be my Edilyn. And I shall never stop mourning her.” Illarion’s Tattoo.