The Daylight War (The Demon Cycle, #3)

by Peter V. Brett

Evejah teaches us that fear and pain are only wind, Inevera, daughter of Manvah. Let it blow past you.”

I am the palm, Inevera told herself, and this is only wind. I will bend, but I will not break.

Fear and pain are only wind,

Great things can be found in small talk,

a wall was nothing without warriors to guard it.

The past calls when its debts are due,

Sometimes I think I know what I’m doing, and sometimes …” “… you’re just swept along with the current,”

Pain teaches, Par’chin, Jardir had once told him, and so we give it freely. Pleasure teaches nothing, and so must be earned.

A pat on the back encourages more than a frowning nod.”

“It’s a fallen tree. No point climbing it.”

Courage coming not from their spears, but from the knowledge that they fight for more than themselves.