Storm > Storm's Quotes

“Don't cry for me. And don't cry for the memories. Never look back, there's too much left to do.”
― John Grisham

“And the voice will tell you to pick yourself up, to set a goal, to work harder than anybody else, stick to the basics, execute perfectly, be confident, be brave, and never, never quit. The voice is never far away.”
― John Grisham

“I am Whirrun of Bligh,” said Whirrun, puffing up his considerable chest. “My way is the only way I go.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Two's Company

“They exist. But they are not your Masters. They never were. You are free, Tenar. You were taught to be a slave, but you have broken free.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan

“True art requires a single heart.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Tales from Earthsea

“He could speak his language only with her. And he had lost her, let her go. The double heart has no true speech. From now on he could talk only the language of duty: getting and spending, outlay and income, the profit and the loss. And beyond that, nothing. There had been illusions, little spells, pebbles that turned to butterflies, wooden birds that flew on living wings for a minute or two. There had never been a choice really. There was only one way for him to go.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Tales from Earthsea

“He thought about how it was that when he was not a man of power he had received his inheritance as a man.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Books of Earthsea

“Renya “Why did you save me today?”
Ananais “What kind of question is that? Am I not the man who traveled hundreds of leagues to rescue a Lentrian princiess?”
“I am not a princess.”
“And I am no hero.”
“You took on a Joining.”
“Yes. But then from my first blow he was dying. I have poison spikes in my gauntlets. He's the second fastest man I've ever known.”
“The [i]second?[/i]”
“You mean you have never heard of Decado?”
― David Gemmell, The King Beyond the Gate

“Thorn knew women. There was no point in rushing in ... Gentle talk, that was the answer. Ask them questions about themselves ... Be interested. Most men traveled through life determined to rut as swiftly as the woman would allow. Senseless! Talk first. Learn. The touch gently, lovingly. Care. Then love and linger. Thorn had learned early, for he had always been ugly. Other men disliked him for his success, but they could never be bothered to learn from it. Fools!”
― David Gemmell, The King Beyond the Gate

“Are we allowed to go armed?" asked Pagan
"If you like," said Belder, "though I cannot see even you fighting your way through a thousand Sathuli!"
"I don't want to die without a weapon in my hand."
"Bravely spoken!" said Scaler. "I will take this apple. I don't want to die without a piece of fruit in my hand. Will you put a stop to this talk of dying? It's extremely unsettling!”
― David Gemmell, The King Beyond the Gate

“Tell me, what are the Cheiam?"
"We are the drinkers of blood, the sons of Joachim. We worship only one god: Shalli, the spirit of death."
"How many of you are there?"
"One hundred only, Lord Earl. But judge us not by our number. Rather, watch the numbers of dead we leave behind us.”
― David Gemmell, The King Beyond the Gate

“And as they slowed, nearing the end of their flight, when Kip pulled away from her at last, and gazed again into her eyes, he knew he was lost in her. And he knew at last the difference between love and necessity.”
― brent weeks

“I choose to pay. I am cursed with a staff a stallion would be proud of. It takes an experienced woman to accept it. There are even some whores who hide when they see me coming.”
― David Gemmell, Swords of Night and Day

“Because if I was doing the right thing, if I was following all the goodness I believed in, that was good enough. I didn't care how much Little Lion yelled at me or hated me, or how much I reminded him of his last Bruja; I would treat him like a person. That's what I believed in. That was who I was. I wouldn't let anything - pretending to be a bruja, my town's disdain or Little Lion's anger - rob me of myself.”
― Kaela Rivera, Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls

“Nighteyes whined again, and I felt an irrational urge to snarl back at him. He must have known that, but still he came, flipping my elbow up with his nose and then burrowing his head under my arm until his great gray head was up against my chest and my arm around his shoulders. He tossed his nose up suddenly, clacking his muzzle painfully against my chin. I hugged him hard, and he turned to rub his throat against my face. The ultimate gesture of trust, wolf to wolf, that baring of the throat to another's possible snarl. After a moment I sighed, and the pain of loss I felt over a thing was less.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Quest

“It is quite one thing to admit a fault to yourself. It is another thing entirely to have a friend not only agree with you, but point out the full depth of the fault.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Quest

“We do not share. We are one. I am no longer a wolf, you are no longer a man. What we are together, I have no name for. Perhaps the one who spoke to us of the Old Blood would have a word to explain it. He paused. See how much a man I am, that I speak of having a word for an idea? No word is needed. We exist, and we are whatever we are.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Quest

“He would protect your cub as his own, he pointed out quietly. That is pack.

He meant the words for comfort. I did not need them. Instead I reached to rest a hand on his ruff. Did you see how she stood and faced them down? I demanded with pride.

A most excellent bitch, Nighteyes agreed.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Quest

“To regret the methods, you have to win."
He couldn't stay on his feet any longer, and he grunted as he took one lurching step and the padded socket squeezed at his stump. "Once you've won ... who cares about the methods?”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Wisdom of Crowds

“She sat in silence as he limped out, teeth gritted. Click, tap, grunt. Click, tap, grunt. That mixture of cunning, ruthlessness, burning ambition and constant pain was far from unfamiliar.
She had heard it said that every woman ends up marrying her father. Until that moment, she had always imagined herself the exception.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Wisdom of Crowds

“But so many people aren't ready for this, Jebi. Artists. Charm-sellers. Grocers. Tailors. People who just want to get by, and who won't be given a choice when the guns begin to speak again.”
― Yoon Ha Lee, Phoenix Extravagant

“Loki may have loved you, if he could. But all he ever brought for you was pain. You know it. We both know it. I wished to be more for you, Angrbodr. So much more. I loved you then, I love you now. I will love you until I die. And even after. Whatever comes then, I will love you still. Even though you're a fool, and you've used me the same way Loki has used you. But I suppose that makes me a fool as well.”
― Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

“Young man, there are two cringe-worthy phrases in one’s life that must be said, no matter what.”

“Which two?”

“‘Thank you’, and 'I’m sorry’.”

“What can anybody do to me if I don’t say them?”

“Someday, you’ll say those words in tears.”
― Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“Let's solve the extinction level threat first. Then we can all go back to killing each other at a civilized pace.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Falls

“Every miracle we’ve pulled off, we’ve done it using primates. Just because we’re capable of mind-blowing wonders doesn’t mean we aren’t still sex-and-murder machines. The organism doesn’t change.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Falls

“Her last battle and she was locking shields with James "fucking" Holden.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Falls

“Optimism is for Assholes." Miller said with a laugh.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Falls

“Holden: If I go to heaven, let it be for spoiling dogs and children”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Falls

“Sweetie," said the witch, "While you were up here getting the shakes from all those nasty wolves staring at you, they were trying to figure out why you were upset and who they needed to kill for you."
"Whoops!" Said Anna, as she comprehended the scope of the problem.”
― patricia briggs, Hunting Ground

“Give that wolf of yours a nudge for me. I do love Russian men.”
― Patricia Briggs, Fire Touched