“Some loves come unbidden like winds from the sea, and others grow from the seeds of friendship.”
“The faults we see in others never seem as dreadful as those we see in ourselves.”
“The first love is the difficult love.”
“You know what it is to laugh at death, Arutha. You’ll never be the same man again.”
“It is something only a few know in their lives. It is a vision of something so clear, so true, it can only be a madness. You see what life is worth, and you know what death means.”
“There was nothing left to fear. He would endure or he wouldn’t.”
“Sometimes we want love so much, we’re not too choosy about who we love. Other times we make love such a pure and noble thing, no poor human can ever meet our vision. But for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say, “There is something about you I cherish.” It doesn’t entail marriage, or even physical love. There’s love of parents, love of city or nation, love of life, and love of people. All different, all love.”
“The Empire is all those who live within its borders, from the nobles to the lowest servant, even the slaves who work the fields. It must be seen as a whole, not as being embodied by some small but visible part, such as the Warlord or the High Council.”
“One time is much like another to death. She comes when she will. So why give over your mind to worry?”
“What is he?’ ‘What would you have him be?”
“Warlords who fail in conducting war tend to fall from grace quickly.”
“Mama shrieked. The first man turned”
“the sound of old winter ice breaking at spring’s touch,”
“People most often don’t see what is right before them.”
“Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ’tis achieved,”
“It’s often said we take offense most in what we see of ourselves in others.”
“Some love comes like a wind off the sea, while others grow slowly from the seeds of friendship and kindness.”
“should you chance to find yourself exchanging pleasantries with a moredhel woman again, she’d as soon cut your heart out as kiss you.”
“among man’s strange undertakings, war stood clearly forth as the strangest.”
“All I wanted was eighteen holes of golf on Saturday afternoon, and instead I turned into Snow White with hair on my chest.”
“Not to sound, you know, like a dick," Jack said carefully. "But you just dragged us out of bed to show us Jane's messy room? That's not really an emergency Mae."
"She's not here!" Mae shouted, gesturing to the mess around her. "That's the emergency."
"Again, not to be a dick, but that's not really an emergency." Jack said.”
“I walked down the hall and saw that [she] was sitting on the floor next to a chair. This is always a bad sign. It's a slippery slope, and it's best just to sit in chairs, to eat when hungry, to sleep and rise and work. But we have all been there. Chairs are for people, and you're not sure if you are one.”
“salutaire dont l'action suppléait à l'énergie, commençait maintenant à refluer et à reprendre”
“all white with snow as if under dustsheets, as if laid away eternally as soon as brought back from the shop, never to be seen or touched”
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