Cowardice and courage are just labels – words invented by foolish men to bolster their egos and denigrate their enemies. In battle we should be cold, clinical, and disciplined. That.
My dad once told me that women know things that men don’t. That sometimes they have a certain look in their eyes, but when you see it, you should never ask them what they’re thinking. If you do they might tell you something you don’t want to hear.
If we’re afraid, sometimes there are things that can feed on that fear. Fear makes it worse for us. The trick is to concentrate on what you can see and stop thinking about yourself. It works every time...
Ive chosen my path – and right or wrong, it’s the one I tread.
Everybody tells lie sometimes, she replied. Wouldn’t be human if you didn’t. But mostly I tell the truth. – Alice.
Have you ever felt time slow so much that that it almost appears to stop? Ever listened to a clock when the next tick seems to take forever to follow the last tock?
I’ll tell you something now that I want you to remember. This is the truth. From the moment I first saw you I knew we were meant to be together. I loved you when we both lived with Old Gregory in Chipenden. I loved you when I was with Lukrasta. And I love you now. Either believe me or call me a liar – that’s up to you. But it’s the truth. – Alice.
Alice might end up neither good nor bad. She might end up somewhere in between. That would make her very dangerous to know. That girl could be the bane of your life, a blight, a poison on everything you do. Or she might turn out to be the best and strongest friend you’ll ever have. Someone who’ll make all the difference in the world. I just don’t know which way it will go. I can’t see it, no matter how hard I try.
But if everything’s already decided, then what’s the point of living? – Tom, pg 437.
Everyone has his price. It’s just a case of making an offer that pleases him but doesn’t hurt you too much. – Dad.
The price is the blood of the girl who cowers behind you. – Hecate to Grimalkin about Thorne.
A true knight has a strict code of chivalry by which he lives his life: He cannot refuse a challenge and he always keeps his word. I also have a code of honor, but it is flexible.
What is evil?′ asked the Fiend.
Sometimes in this life it is necessary to sacrifice oneself for the good of others. – Mam.
Each breath, each beat of your heart makes you stronger, braver, better.
Are you my enemy? Are you strong, with speed and agility and the training of a warrior? It matters naught to me. Run now! Run fast into the forest! I’ll give you a few moments’ start – an hour, if you wish. But you will never be fast enough. I’ll catch and kill you before long.
Most things look better from a distance... And as a matter of fact, so do most people. – The Spook, pg 435.
Maybe, but she knows too much and she’s clever too. She’s just a girl now, but one day she’ll be a woman and a clever woman’s dangerous.
We depend on neither man nor beast to get us where we need to go. If you rely on your own two good legs, then they won’t let you down.
Did you finish the key?” I asked him.