Grimbriar Quotes

“Odd how stories of others overcoming great challenges give us courage to overcome our own.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“for dragons are never entirely satisfied. If they were, they wouldn’t be dragons.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“But that’s the thing, isn’t it?” Zinder said. “There’s not always a fire to come home to. And on those days you need persistence. Sometimes life is pleasant and you hardly notice the hours passing by. That’s the way it is for me at the anvil. But other days you have to scratch your way through with everything you have in you. There’s not always the promise of a warm hearth awaiting you. But you press on. You don’t give up. And then, wonder of wonders, you find the fire’s there, just when you need it most. But if you don’t persist, you’ll never find the fire.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“It’s better to die fighting for what’s right than win fighting for what’s wrong.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“War is an act of faith. A struggle and a search and a longing for that final justice, for that final peace, when we can lay down our arms and embrace each other, rather than tear each other apart. That is why we fight. For truth and justice.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“There must be some final, fuller justice that truly satisfies, that makes amends for all the evils of this world. We may not see it in this life. It may be waiting in the world beyond, but surely it must be for there to be any justice at all.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“But Kion knew one thing. He trusted them and trust does not depend upon understanding.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“The world is a perpetual surprise to those who have the honesty to see it as it is.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“Wasn’t that the point of the story? That you could defeat the dragons? That you could eventually overcome any foe if you held on long enough?”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“For a moment, the veil had lifted and he had seen into the realm of the unseen, into that world which is more real than the one of flesh and bone, of struggle and futility, of loss and death. He had seen with a vision that goes beyond the eyes, had known with understanding that goes beyond the mind, had felt with a feeling that goes deeper than the heart. He had glimpsed the great eternal Beyond upon which the visible world is founded and built and for a brief moment all that was fragmented and fractured had been made whole.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“Grief may have darkened their hearts, but its power was not absolute. There was still light and goodness that endured, and the strong, tender bonds of family brought healing even to those who stood on the edge of their glow.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“Tiryn had to admire his stubborn kindness. Such a firm, honest, grounded fellow. You didn’t come across his kind everyday, but such people made the world go on through all its travails and troubles. Perhaps it was only a small effort in a very large war, but then again, what were great deeds but the sum of many smaller ones?”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“Perhaps instead of putting his mother out of his thoughts as he so often did, he should, like Dalia, take comfort in his memories. But could he? Would his heart allow him to see past his grief to the goodness that had been? Could thankfulness triumph over sorrow in the end? He was not sure. But oh, how he hoped that it could.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“Kindness is worth suffering for,”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“They gave their lives protecting their friends. There can be no greater sacrifice,”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“You shall know a leader by the quality of those who serve him.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“There are always true-hearted men to be found in any land, though it may take longer to discover them in some more than others.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“Evil is only ever a half step from betrayal,”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“For though war is an ugly thing, the craft of war and the ingenuity it demands is not.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“The dragon swooped down loud as thunder and swift as lightning. Fister barely had time to think. But barely any time is more time than no time. And when you’re about to be swallowed by a dragon, barely any time can mean an awful lot.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar

“The world is a perpetual surprise to those who have the honesty to to see it as it is.”
― D.J. Edwardson, Grimbriar