Some people are born ugly. It's not their fault, and I for one have never held it against a man that he is ugly. but others and I count myself among them are born with handsome features. That's a gift that should not be lightly taken away.
This world has few redeeming features, and one is the capacity for people to love one another with great, enduring passion.
By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism
Most wars are fought for greed, but we are luckier here we fight for our lives and the lives of the people we love.
Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.
It is easier with strangers, for they touch your life but for an instant. You will not disappoint them, for you owe them nothing; neither do they expect anything. Friends you can hurt, for they expect everything.
Plan for the worst, expect the best.
Hold on to your dreams, Kiall. They are more important than you realise.
... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods
War. What was it about the prospect of some bloody enterprises that reduced men to the level of animals?
This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives.
Kings are chosen by the Source, so it is said. [...] Therefore those who fight for the king can be said to be godly. Is that not cause enough?
Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
It would be a fine thing if war could be conducted as a game where no lives were lost. At the end of a battle combatants could meet [...] and drink and talk.
The baresark loses all fear; his method is all-out attack, and invariably he takes his opponent with him even if he falls.
Life is sad enough, Magir. Laughter is a thing to be treasured.
'Do not expect help.' 'One should always hope.' 'Then hope for a handsome savage with kindly ways.'
But men don't come in just two groups, one of gold and the other of lead. They are a mix of both." "And what about women?" "Pure gold, my girl," Rayvan answered with a chuckle.
Why now? Why not? Live or die, a man and a woman need love. There is a need in the race. We need to share. To belong. Perhaps you will die before the year is out. But remember this: to have may be taken from you, to have had never. Far better to have tasted love before dying, than to die alone.
No one can take away the freedom of a man's soul.
Bow to nothing, son. I make mistakes as well as any man. If you think me wrong, be so good as to damn well say so.
One hundred only, Lord Earl. But judge us not by our number. Rather, watch the numbers of dead we leave behind.
Your men are brave men, And you have won. I can live with that, Earl of Bronze a poor man would I be if I could not.
How many hopes and dreams are trapped within these bones? How many wonders lie never to be discovered? This is what war is. Desolation, despair and loss. There are no victors.
Yours is a race whose imagination is limited to its own small appetites. Greed, lust, envy - these are the motivating forces of humankind. What redeems you is that in every man and woman there is a seed that can grow to encompass love, joy and compassion. But this seed is never allowed to prosper in fertile ground. It struggles for life among the rocks of your human soul.
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