Quotes from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“How many times have I told you not to believe everything you hear? Seek truth for yourself.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“But I don't want more things than I need, either.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“Enfrenta los obstáculos a medida que se presenten, no pierdas energía temiendo lo que pueda haber en el futuro”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“The fear is not real, Dil Bahadur; it is only in your mind, like all other things. Our thoughts form what we believe to be reality.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“The calendar is a human invention; time does not exist on the spiritual level.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“Of all fragrances, the sweetest is that of virtue.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“-Cómo puedes defender este sistema de vida= !Mira la pobreza! ¿Te gustaría vivir así?

-No, Jaguar, pero tampoco me gustaría tener más de lo que se necesita - replicó ella”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“Ni su pueblo ni su familia, que tanto lo amaban, lloraron su muerte, porque creían que el llanto obliga el espíritu a quedarse en el mundo para consolar a los vivos. Lo correcto era demostrar alegría para que el espíritu se fuera contento a cumplir otro ciclos en la rueda de la reencarnación, evolucionado en cada vida hasta alcanzar finalmente la iluminación y el cielo, o Nirvana”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“—El afecto es como la luz del mediodía y no necesita la presencia del otro para manifestarse. La separación entre los seres también es ilusoria, puesto que todo está unido en el universo.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“templos para hacer sus ofrendas, girar las ruedas de oración, y encender”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“Ya lo sé: aquí y ahora. Debemos regocijarnos con la belleza de este momento, en vez de pensar en la tormenta que vendrá...”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“Acuérdate que debes ser como el tigre del Himalaya: escucha la voz de la intuición y del instinto. Confía en las virtudes de tu corazón.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“saw females and children who appeared to”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“purple tongue, and that the whitish hair that”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“El calendario es un invento humano; el tiempo a nivel spiritual no existe...”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

“—La base del budismo es la compasión hacia todo lo que vive o existe. Dijo que cada uno debe buscar la verdad o la iluminación dentro de sí mismo, no en otros o en cosas externas. Por eso los monjes budistas no andan predicando, como nuestros misioneros, sino que pasan la mayor parte de sus vidas en serena meditación, buscando su propia verdad. Sólo poseen sus túnicas, sus sandalias y sus escudillas para mendigar comida. No les interesan los bienes materiales”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

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“Sir, people never wanted me to make it to squire. They won't like it any better if I become a knight. I doubt I'll ever get to command a force larger than, well, just me.'

Raoul shook his head. 'You're wrong.' As she started to protest, he raised a hand. 'Hear me out. I have some idea of what you've had to bear to get this far, and it won't get easier. But there are larger issues than your fitness for knighthood, issues that involve lives and livelihoods. Attend,' he said, so much like Yayin, one of her Mithran teachers, that Kel had to smile.

'At our level, there are four kids of warrior,' he told Kel. He raised a fist and held up one large finger. 'Heroes, like Alanna the Lioness. Warriors who find dark places and fight in them alone. This is wonderful, but we live in the real world. There aren't many places without any hope or light.'

He raised a second finger. 'We have knights- plain, everyday knights, like your brothers. They patrol their borders and protect their tenants, or they go into troubled areas at the king's command and sort them out. They fight in battles, usually against other knights. A hero will work like an everyday knight for a time- it's expected. And most knights must be clever enough to manage alone.'

Kel nodded.

'We have soldiers,' Raoul continued, raising a third finger. 'Those warriors, including knights, who can manage so long as they're told what to do. These are more common, thank Mithros, and you'll find them in charge of companies in the army, under the eye of a general. Without people who can take orders, we'd be in real trouble.

'Commanders.' He raised his little finger. 'Good ones, people with a knack for it, like, say, the queen, or Buri, or young Dom, they're as rare as heroes. Commanders have an eye not just for what they do, but for what those around them do. Commanders size up people's strengths and weaknesses. They know where someone will shine and where they will collapse. Other warriors will obey a true commander because they can tell that the commander knows what he- or she- is doing.' Raoul picked up a quill and toyed with it. 'You've shown flashes of being a commander. I've seen it. So has Qasim, your friend Neal, even Wyldon, though it would be like pulling teeth to get him to admit it. My job is to see if you will do more than flash, with the right training. The realm needs commanders. Tortall is big. We have too many still-untamed pockets, too curse many hideyholes for rogues, and plenty of hungry enemies to nibble at our borders and our seafaring trade. If you have what it takes, the Crown will use you. We're too desperate for good commanders to let one slip away, even a female one. Now, finish that'- he pointed to the slate- 'and you can stop for tonight.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Squire

“You're a lot like that bird in the barn. You're so scared that you're going to be caged in forever you can't see the way out. You smack yourself against the wall again and again and again. The door is open, Beth. Stop running in circles and walk out.”
― Katie McGarry, quote from Dare You To

“We may need to ready ourselves to repel boarders.” “With what? One stiletto and hurtful insinuations about their mothers?”
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“I want a relationship i can finally sink my teeth into”
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“Happiness comes from moving toward something. When you run away, ofttimes you bring your misery with you."

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"No one," Myron said. "I learned that one first hand.”
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