Michelle Sagara Quotes

Not all of our heartless plans work as we intend; nor do all of our good intentions. We are where we are, and we can rarely predict where we will go, no matter how firm our beliefs.

I'm missing something, aren't I?" "Brains", he snapped. "And survival instinct. The Hawklord's been waiting for you for three hours." "Tell him I'm dead.

Maybe home is something we have to make, and remake, over and over.

What humans do when they're desperate is just an expression of fear. What they do when they feel safe is a better indication of whether or not you can trust them.

Truth, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder.

Kaylin is not known for her punctuality. She is known, in fact, for her lack--even by those outside of the Hawklord's command.

We all fail. But none of us fail all the time.

Success and failure are two edges of the same blade, two sides of the same coin. To fear one is to forever deny the possibility of the other.

The truth was only another mask, even if it was the best fit, the closest to skin and all that lay beneath

Lies were something you told other people to make things easier, somehow - hopefully, for them, but often more selfishly for yourself.

Trying is fine. Failing is inevitable. Don’t let it devour you.

The look he gave her made her turn away for a moment. Sometimes you couldn’t look too closely at another person’s pain.

There wasn't a colloquial phrase, or curse, that went something like, "May your day be full of angry dragons" or, "May every dragon you meet today be pissed off." But, there should have been.

I don't make the laws, I just enforce them." "Then remind me to introduce a new set of laws, since the ones we have clearly assume a level of common sense that's lacking.

i'm never going to understand the Barrani." "You needn't sound so morose, Lord Kaylin. They are unlikely to understand you either." "Yes, but I'm unlikely to try to kill them for fun.

You are an... animal? A talking animal?" Without missing a beat, Teela said, "Of course not. She's much, much harder to train.

I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of good manners.

The gods where like the weather; sometimes good, sometimes bad, and either way, always beyond her.

There is not a man born among us who dreams—at first—of service, although in the end, many are bent that way.

If hearts really could sink, Kaylin's was busily rearranging her internal organs.

Is this some sort of test?" "Everything that doesn't kill you is." "Mind you," he added, "surviving doesn't always mean you passed.

You'll be with me, won't you?" "indeed." "Then what could go wrong?" Lord Sanabalis visibly grimaced. "You clearly do not believe in angry gods.

Generally, I like to appear smart. I don't admit being stupid when there's any hope I'm not.

History is not our guide, it is not our friend. It is a passing stranger, one which shadows legend, sprinkling it with the seeds of truth.

If life were fair, we would never have suffered what we suffered at all; having suffered it and survived, we're still reacting to things that don't exist anymore.

Hope is often bitter, but it drives us, and we cling.

Stop judging your life only by the failures.

There were always people who struggled their way to the top of the heap, no matter how much that heap looked like garbage when seen from the outside.

And I’ll stop with the lecture now. I don’t like people much—they irritate and annoy me. But I’mfascinated by them anyway.

They feared you, and love can’t exist when there’s that much fear.

How much did a Dragon hide, when he walked the streets of the city?

Some days, Kaylin fervently wished that she had already passed Adult 101 and could get on with being the person she wanted to be.

Maybe home is something we have to make, and remake, over and over. But it's hard to make things when you're afraid―or you're certain—that they'll just be broken.