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“Strength gives a man the right to do as he wishes."  "The philosophy of a bully and a thug,”
― Jonathan Moeller, Soul of Skulls

“better to fight and to fail,” said Hugh, “than to do nothing and perish.” Mazael”
― Jonathan Moeller, Soul of Skulls

“No matter how well you prepare, no matter how many men you put into the field, no matter how favorable the land…a battle is a gamble. Throw the dice and see what happens.” He”
― Jonathan Moeller, Soul of Swords

“The key to victory is not to win the game. The key, my daughter, is to arrange the game so you are victorious no matter who wins.”
― Jonathan Moeller, Soul of Swords

“sometimes, Mazael had found, the mercy of a righteous man was more terrifying than the vengeance of an evil one. ”
― Jonathan Moeller, Mask of Swords

“When people are rich enough, they can afford to live disconnected from nature. What does it matter if the atmosphere is fouled when you live cradle to grave in sealed vehicles and buildings where the air is finely controlled? Sure, there were millions of people who cared and tried to save things. But there were billions more who carried on their happy lives as planetary parasites, shopping and gorging with endless appetites, forever plugged into an endless stream of distracting entertainments that allowed them to ignore the greater truth around them.”
― James Maxey, Bitterwood: The Complete Collection

“Life was merely a momentary act of resistance, while death was the ultimate champion. Ah,”
― James Maxey, Bitterwood: The Complete Collection

“those with the most passionate convictions can justify the most savage cruelties.”
― James Maxey, Bitterwood: The Complete Collection

“The Weaver had turned himself into an urhaalgar.  Or, at least, a creature that looked something like an urhaalgar. Most of the urhaalgars Ridmark had fought were short, spindly creatures, shorter than even Jager, their thin limbs covered with spines. The thing that the Weaver had become stood seven feet tall, his limbs heavy and thick with muscle, spines jutting from his limbs as long as daggers, their edges serrated, his flesh covered with glistening black scales. A scorpion’s tail rose over the Weaver’s spiked shoulders, the stinger dripping with venom.  It was exactly the kind of creature Ridmark would not have wanted to fight in an enclosed space. ”
― Jonathan Moeller, The World Gate

“Also, I don’t think you’re supposed to call it nagging when a woman argues with you. It’s derogatory. They prefer the term discussing forcibly.” “Your”
― Lindsay Buroker, Snake Heart

“You cannot buy integrity, as the mastons say. No man can hold his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value will ever increase with its cost. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Banished of Muirwood

“A friend does not abandon a friend during troubled times. That is when the friendship is needed most.” Maia’s”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Banished of Muirwood

“Our greatest pain in this life often comes from those who should love us the most.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Ciphers of Muirwood

“Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.” He”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Ciphers of Muirwood

“In a controversy, the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. —Richard”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Ciphers of Muirwood

“She had been prepared to die for her convictions, but now she realized it might require more courage to live for them.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Void of Muirwood

“It is not loyalty and devotion that make a man. It is knowing who to be loyal to—and when.”
― Morgan Rice, Rise of the Valiant

“A place of uncertainty is also a place of possibility.” Merk”
― Morgan Rice, A Realm of Shadows

“There is more danger in trying to save your life than in being willing to lose it.” Motley”
― Morgan Rice, A Realm of Shadows

“Life may show us glimpses of justice. But the vast majority of it, you will find, will be unruled, unregulated, and unjust. You must create your own sense of justice and act from it. Not because the world is just—but because you are just. After all, you are a microcosm of the world. You cannot prevent what the world shall give to you. But you can control yourself.” Aidan”
― Morgan Rice, Night of the Bold

“I’m scared, I burn, o Dragon please tell me, How do you love a fire? Every scale upon his body trumpeted its delighted recognition. He bugled back: You become the fire. Even”
― Marc Secchia, Dragonlove

“When faced with your imminent death, the wise man reaches into the depths of his soul, grabs his sword, and does what is proper.  The gods have a way of treating you like a two-penny whore on payday, but at least you might face the experience with the faintest bit of dignity.”
― Terry Mancour, Spellmonger

“The Duke sets policy.  He approves laws.  He sets style.  He hires other people to enforce his decisions.  He keeps the realm safe.  That is the sum total of his power.  To set policy he listens to advisors. ”
― Terry Mancour, Spellmonger

“I decided to take the initiative from him and let him be fearful.   “Sir”
― Terry Mancour, Magelord

“I’ve told you how it’s going to be, from now on.  The law is on my side.  The Duke is on my side.  And all these seasoned warriors are on my side.  My side wins. ”
― Terry Mancour, Magelord

“You seem to grow hope and pride here the way most lords grow barley and oats. ”
― Terry Mancour, Magelord

“I would venture to say none of us understand the road we walk,” he said, philosophically.  “You may be a bit better prepared, but we are all traveling blindly into a future that is murky to us.  Death or delight may be around the next bend, we never know.  Nor can we.  We can merely prepare ourselves and walk bravely forward.” I”
― Terry Mancour, Journeymage

“It’s not a matter of the creature,” explained Master Ulin, passionately.  “It’s a matter of their enneagrammatic remains, and what pathways you wish to exploit for the work.  If an ordinant can transfer the pattern without the use of a benet, eschewing deracination of the living in favor of dissamuring from the enneagrammatic archive of the Grain with a suitably docimased bridewell, then both the ethical and practical issues of flagitation and paracletion are solved at once,” he stated, triumphantly. “I have no idea what he just said,” admitted Master Cormoran, drunkenly.  “But damn, he said it well!” “It’s”
― Terry Mancour, Enchanter

“Damien,” Uncle Andy said. “When you arrive try not to say ‘I told you so.’ The generals can be prickly about that sort of thing.”
― James Wisher, Harvest of Souls

“Tartana, this is a young deer we found in the forest,” the man with the bird tattoo said seriously. “A young deer?” The Tartana frowned. “Well,” the man said, also frowning, “I am sure she is dear to someone.” Instantly, everyone in the room burst into fits of laughter. Amber saw tears coming out of the Tartana’s eyes. Amber”
― James Maxwell, Enchantress