“Memories had painful edges that could still cut.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The King's Traitor
“We learn much through suffering,” she said. “But I think what we learn most is who we really are. I’ve known the true you for some time, Owen. But you were like a chick struggling to escape its shell. Now you’re free to grow and become what the Fountain intended you to become. You may have thought what the Fountain forced you to endure was unpleasant, even cruel. But now you know yourself. Now you know what you would have chosen without any foreknowledge of the consequences. That’s why I couldn’t tell you, Owen.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The King's Traitor
“were your men treated?” Ashby shrugged. “There were so many from so many different countries, I don’t think we stood out. When we got back, the palace staff looked like they wanted to spit on us, but the people down below knew nothing of our arrival. Nary a word about it.” “Thank you, Ashby,” Owen said, finishing his work. He stood and buckled his scabbard around his waist. “So what you’re saying is the kingdom is vulnerable.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The King's Traitor
“Then she lifted her head and looked into his eyes with a fierceness that startled him. She pushed away and lifted the cowl to hide her face. “I’ll be back before dawn,” she whispered. “Bolt the door.” “I told Kevan that I needed”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The King's Traitor
“Owen saw the tray and smiled, nodding and gesturing to the desk. Kevan popped one of the berries into his mouth and blinked in surprise. “Quite tasty. I’ve heard good reports about the berries of that land. Perhaps you can arrange a change in my assignment once you become the Duke of Brythonica?” Owen smiled and scooped up a few berries himself. They were delicious and sweet, so very sweet they made him blink in surprise. “Are you so anxious to leave Kingfountain, Kevan?”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The King's Traitor
“Then he drew the blade, Firebos. As it cleared the scabbard, the sky rumbled with thunder.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The King's Traitor
“There were only more ravens. A whole unkindness of them. He smirked at the thought. Evie had once told him about the various names used to describe groupings of birds. It had taken her nearly an hour to recite them all.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The King's Traitor
“I was rude, cantankerous, and unkempt.” “You still are,” the king said snidely.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The King's Traitor
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“Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how little time we take to remark upon this singular and gratifying fact. By the most astounding stroke of luck an infinitesimal portion of all the matter in the universe came together to create you and for the tiniest moment in the great span of eternity you have the incomparable privilege to exist.”
― Bill Bryson, quote from I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away
“When obsessives are given their object of desire, what do they feel? It was hard to say, really. In a sense their lives were ending; yet something else, some other life, had finally, finally begun…. Filled with so many emotions at once, it was impossible not to be confused; it was an interference pattern, some feelings cancelled, others reinforced.”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, quote from Red Mars
“ان مشكلة ما اذا كان نظام اقتصادي وسياسي يطور قضية الحرية لا يمكن حلها في الاطار السياسي والاقتصادي وحده. المعيار الوحيد لتحقيق الحرية هو اذا كان الفرد ام لا يشارك بفعالية في تحديد حياته وحياة المجتمع, ولا يتم هذا بالفعل الصوري للتصويت فحسب, بل في نشاطه اليومي وفي عمله وفي علاقته بالآخرين ايضا. ان الديمقراطية السياسية الحديثة اذا قصرت نفسها على المجال السياسي المحض لا تستطيع بما فيه الكفاية او نواجهه بنتائج اللاجدوى الاقتصادية للفرد المتوسط. ولكن المفاهيم الاقتصادية المحض مثل تشريك وسائل الانتاج ليست كافية بالمثل. انني لا افكر هنا كثيرا في الاستخدام المخادع لكلمة الاشتراكية كما طبقت -بسبب المسائل التكتيكية- في الاشتراكية الوطنية. ان ما في ذهني هو روسيا حيث اصبحت اشتراكية كلمة مخادعة, لانه بالرغم من ان تشريك وسائل الانتاج قد تم, فان هناك بيرقراطية قوية بالفعل تستغل الجماهير الواسعة من السكان, وهذا يمنع بالضرورة تطور الحرية والنزعة الفردية حتى لو كانت السيطرة الحكومية فعالة في المصلحة الاقتصادية لغالبية السكان.”
― Erich Fromm, quote from Escape from Freedom
“I want to be your motherfucking checkered flag, Rylee. Your pace car to lead you through tough times, your pit stop when you need a break, your start line, your finish line, your goddamn victory lane.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Crashed
“The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.”
― Lew Wallace, quote from Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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