Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

by Jim Butcher

“Respect is elder to convenience.” “And besides,” Tavi said drily, “if you didn’t respect them, they’d eat you.” “Survival is also elder to convenience,” Gradash agreed.

To the Canim way of thinking, while a friend might one day disappoint you, an enemy could be relied upon to behave as an enemy without fail.

“in the course of my life, I have more than once been too ignorant to know that something was impossible before I did it anyway. I see no reason to jeopardize that success.”

“Fear is an enemy. Respect it. But do not let it conquer you before the fight has begun.”

“Sometimes you don’t know the most important things,” Tavi said. “You believe them.”

We are far less significant than we imagine ourselves to be.

so very true

All that we are, all that we have wrought, is but a shadow, no matter how durable it may seem.

One day, when the last man has breathed his last breath, the sun will shine, the mountains will stand, the rain will fall, the streams wi...