“And I can no more stop worrying about you than I can stop myself from breathing.”
― Cayla Kluver, quote from Legacy
“Ah, Galen! Late as always, I see," Steldor said as he took note of his friend's entry into the room.
"I'm never late," Galen returned. "You should know by now that the party doesn't begin until I'm here.”
― Cayla Kluver, quote from Legacy
“At some point the choice you will face is whether to carry out your duties or live your life”
― Cayla Kluver, quote from Legacy
“Congratulations Lord Steldor, Princess Alera, my sympathies.”
― Cayla Kluver, quote from Legacy
“Were he, the great Lord Steldor, another man, I might have spent the afternoon smiling.”
― Cayla Kluver, quote from Legacy
“I think I'm going to vomit.”
― Cayla Kluver, quote from Legacy
“You can hardly expect the rabbit to keep up with the fox.”
― Cayla Kluver, quote from Legacy
“Tadark, this phrase is probably meaningless to you as it is so oft repeated, but do be quiet.”
― Cayla Kluver, quote from Legacy
“He also feels, like most men, that a father should not trust to a daughter's judgement on a decision as important as the selection of her husband.”
― Cayla Kluver, quote from Legacy
“Pero nuestra separación forzosa sólo consiguió hacerme más consciente de que, en muchos sentidos, Narian tenía mi vida en sus manos. [pp. 374]”
― Cayla Kluver, quote from Legacy
“It took me a moment before I could speak; that smile should be illegal.”
― Keary Taylor, quote from Branded
“The ground on which you once stood is cut away. You have become a citizen of No Man’s Land. I send you my greetings.
-- the closing lines of Smiley's letter to Karla persuading him to defect.”
― John le Carré, quote from Smiley's People
“The second item in the liberal creed, after self-righteousness, is unaccountability. Liberals have invented whole college majors--psychology, sociology, women's studies--to prove that nothing is anybody's fault. No one is fond of taking responsibility for his actions, but consider how much you'd have to hate free will to come up with a political platform that advocates killing unborn babies but not convicted murderers. A callous pragmatist might favor abortion and capital punishment. A devout Christian would sanction neither. But it takes years of therapy to arrive at the liberal view.”
― P.J. O'Rourke, quote from Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer
“History is not just a tale of men’s making, but is a thing tied to the land. We call a hill by the name of a hero who died there, or name a river after a princess who fled beside its banks, and when the old names vanish, the stories go with them and the new names carry no reminder of the past.”
― Bernard Cornwell, quote from Excalibur
“The next thing I knew I was laying face first on the ground,”
― Jessica Sorensen, quote from The Underworld
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