Broken Blade Quotes

“Being one of the world’s best at anything is a funny sort of situation. It’s a bit like walking along a fence top between two very deep pits. On the one side is overconfidence, on the other self-doubt. A misstep in either direction can set you up for a fall into ruin. And lying to yourself is one of the easiest missteps to make.”
― Kelly McCullough, Broken Blade

“That was the problem with relying on gods instead of thinking for yourself. When you base your morality on what heaven tells you to do, heaven can always cut you off at the knees by changing its mind.”
― Kelly McCullough, Broken Blade

“caution is always the best strategy when dealing with a librarian, and anything that might harm one of his books. Especially if he’s a sorcerer of some repute. Dealing with a dead king’s bodyguard is much less fraught than facing a librarian who thinks you’ve just taken one of his precious charges through a fire,”
― Kelly McCullough, Broken Blade

“It is acceptable to feel fear, it is folly to hold on to it.”
― Kelly McCullough, Broken Blade

“I could have asked why, but I figured I’d find out quicker if I just did as I was told. Life is like that sometimes.”
― Kelly McCullough, Broken Blade