Mistresses, have you ever noticed that when we disagree with a male- I hesitate to say ‘man’- or find ourselves in a position over males, the first comment they make is always about our reputations or our monthlies?
She decided to be quiet for now. There was a Yamani saying: “You need never unsay anything that you did not say in the first place.
Your ma was a leech with bad teeth,” she taunted. Onua laughed in spite of herself. “Your da was a peahen. I know chickens with more brains than you!
The wolf who sings alone is not happy.
Locks are for the unimaginative.
The hardest lesson any of us must learn is there’s only so much we can do,” she informed him, her voice lemon-tart. “We run into it headfirst all the time, knowing what we can do, what we can’t, how much we can do. We think of magic as this promise that we will fix anything that comes our way, Keth. We can’t.
Don’t make me regret taking you on. If I get irritated, I might drown you a little bit.
Ozorne, please don’t let him try to make me into a battle mage. I wish you’d told me that’s what you wanted.” Arram stopped and grabbed his friend by the arms. “I won’t do it. I’m not a killer. I’ll never be a killer.
When we return – when I have delivered our discovery – I will give you a book to read about a thing called wild magic,” she said drily. “I wouldn’t talk about it in the university. It’s supposed to be an old wives’ tale. Well, I am an old wife. You might be interested, that’s all.
You’ve learned to hate. Now you must learn to forgive, or you’ll have enemies at your back forever. He looked my straight in the eyes. That will be hard. The harder the goal, the more important it is, I said.
We’re men, and men aren’t born to stand alone.
Never express anger with a friend or a subordinate in public,” Vedris always said. “They might forgive a private expression of anger or a deserved scolding, but they never forget a public humiliation. It is the surest way to destroy a friendship and to create enemies.
New learning never hurt anybody.
And she told you something about yourself you really ought to know: that you’re beautiful, and worth loving.
We’re just frisking like little captive lambkins.
Don’t go thinking you can bounce me all over the ground just because I look like somebody’s grandmother,” the woman said dryly. “Some grandchildren need more raising than others, and I supply it,” she grinned, showing very white teeth. – Esa Bell, Shang Wildcat.
A knight must develop all his abilities, to the fullest.
Scrying the wind is very difficult, Tris,” Niko said gently. “It’s like scrying the future. You’re assailed with thousands of images – fragments, really. It drives many who try it insane.” “You learned to scry the future,” Tris pointed out. “And a number of people have informed me they think I am mad,” Niko replied, his voice very dry.
You don’t think history gets rewritten, sometimes?
Things change,” Daja said softly. “We change with them. We sail before the wind. We become adults. As adults, we keep our minds and our secrets hidden, and our wounds. It’s safer.