In the end, Leck should have stuck to his lies. For it was the truth he almost told that killed him.

The only way for you to keep your mind straight is to run from those who would confuse you.

A man who fights you as he does is no better than an opportunist and no worse than a thug.

She wanted to cause him pain for taking a place in her heart she wouldn't have given him if she'd known the truth.

I have no doubt that you are more than capable of bringing the Monsean queen and my son and the rest of my sons and a hundred Nanderan kittens through an onslaught of howling raiders if you chose to.

You're afraid of your own anger.

Hidden yourself in a hole and dared to burden no one with your grievous friendship? I will have friends, Katsa. I will have a life, even though I carry this burden.

Your brothers are the foolish ones for not seeing the strength in beautiful things.

But everyone has some kind of power to hurt people.

He leaned heavily on the desk now, as if danger had strengthened him before and its lack now made him weak.

They seemed no closer to the tops of the peaks that rose before them. It was only by looking back, to the forest far below, that she knew they'd climbed.

We live in a world of banal miracles.

Failing may not necessarily mean you're losing out - it may be your defining moment. So, dare to fail forward!

If he can't reach you he can't hit youIf he can't hit you he can't hurt you

History is what scholars and conquerors say happened; story is what it was like to live on the ground.

From the very beginning, I always tried to make dialogue flow comfortably; I always did that to make it seem more authentic.

Master books, but do not let them master you.

Thou art a dreaming thing, A fever of thyself.

Close to birth... I lost, like, 80 percent of my hearing, and I had difficulty speaking.

People without leverage work for those with leverage.

The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.