Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.
Just because I’m no jaw clacker doesn’t mean there should be a ruction put up whenever I have sommat to say.
Raoul: Age and treachery! Neal: Youth and skill!
She has teeth like stars and hair like sheep fuzz.
Do we say, Oh now I’m going to be nice to the weak and the small? Or do we do as we learned when we were pages?
Horses are calmer people. They also don’t throw things at cats.
And if wishes were pies, I’d weigh more than I do. Sir Myles of Barony Olau.
Alanna didn’t approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.
I am not wise, but I can always learn.
Scary with you is better than scary without you.
Oh! I’m stupid as well as insane.
I’m not so fond of people myself, Evvy, but I took my vows for a reason. There are two classes of people in the world, the destroyers and the builders. I want to build, not destroy. You need to ask yourself who you’re going to be.
The first thing every mage should learn is that magic makes fools of us. Now you may call yourself a mage. You have learned the most important lesson.
You are the Protector of the Small. You see real people in the humans and animals overlooked by your peers. There will always be work for you.
We’re on a hunt, Cooper. When you’re on a hunt, you do whatever it takes.
Oakbridge did his work with dramatics and prophecies that all would go horribly awry. Having dealt with him over midwinter, Kel wondered why the man hadn’t died of a heart attack. Instead he seemed to thrive on disaster and finding people seated in the wrong places.
Your life might be easier if you were. A fool for love is happier than a Dog with a heart that’s all leather.
No more is your master a god, Nobility, but he wants offerings from all. When Black God claims us, who will be punished for giving worship and power to a false god? The prince? Or Banjiku?
I was stark raving mad, and my family was too polite to mention it. That’s what living with the Yamanis does to people. They get so well-mannered they won’t mention you’re crazy.
She rides as a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man, worthy of her weapons and of our friendship.