Of Empires and Dust Quotes

“We never truly lose the ones we love. They stay with us in everything we do. Those who affect us so deeply leave imprints that cannot be removed. We are who we are because of who we’ve loved and who we’ve lost – those things we do not decide. So never be afraid. Live boldly, love fiercely, and forgive quickly. Life is too short for anything else.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“To survive is not to live,”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“Every soul has a thousand lives not lived, born of a thousand choices not made and a thousand paths not walked, Eltoar. We must not dwell on those other lives. They are ghosts, and if we let them, they will haunt us. Look forward. There are more choices to make, more paths to walk, more life to live.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“Let not any soul stay their conscience by the delusion that they do no harm if they take no part. The darkness of this world needs nothing more to triumph than good souls looking on and doing nothing.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“I have found that there are two kinds of leaders – those who wish to be remembered, and those who refuse to be forgotten.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“It is not the blade’s fault for the blood it spills, but the hands holding it.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“Focus on today, Commander. I’ll see what I can do about tomorrow.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“There is much I fear in this world, many things that would keep me from doing what is needed. But a wise man once told me that ‘everything you seek lies on the other side of fear.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“You have much to learn about the world, Calen Bryer. So much to learn.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“I can never forgive you. I need you to know that. But I can allow you to spend the rest of your days trying to earn a semblance of your honour back and to die knowing that in the end you did something worthwhile.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“I swear these things so long as your heart remains true. If you want me dead, I will stretch my neck out for you. But if you allow me to fight, I will bring fire and fury on Fane Mortem the likes of which he has never known. Please, let me give you my dying breath. It is the only thing I have left worth giving.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“I swear by The Father to give my life protecting the kin I betrayed. I swear by The Mother that I will walk openly into her embrace to save the lives of others. I swear by The Warrior to stand by your side no matter the odds. I swear by The Maiden to be both your shield and your sword. I swear by The Sailor to be your anchor in the darkest seas. And I swear by The Smith to forge you into the greatest Draleid that ever walked this earth.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“Death is the easy way out. Death is not a consequence. It is an escape.” Calen looked back to Tivar. “I would not have you die, Tivar Savinír. I would have you wake every day and look your brothers and sisters in the eyes, knowing what you did, bearing that weight. I would have you face the results of your treachery with every sunrise. And I would have you give every drop of blood in your veins to bring the empire to its knees. So I ask you, will you fight by my side? Will you swear to protect your brothers and sisters, by the light of Varyn? Will you stand against the darkness you helped forge? On your honour, on your very soul, do you swear it?”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“Anger was an emotion Kallinvar knew intimately but one he had long since believed under his control. He now accepted that belief to be false.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“He carried me all my life. I can carry him a little further.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“We now stand in the heart of this Age’s great war.” Calen sighed, looking down at Ella. “It’s not like the stories.” “Nothing is ever like the stories. If the stories told the truth, people would never pick up swords.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“This was always coming. The empire was never going to leave us here, and neither were we going to stay put. This is known. It has been accepted for a long time. You were not the cause, but on the night the Dragonguard flew over this city, you rose to meet them.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“Kerathlin.” Rist had read of them in Devastating Creatures: Claw”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“You are the fire that kept my heart warm on the coldest of nights. You are the reason I want to be a better man.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

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― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“That true art was not something that simply existed in perfection, but something that came alive because of the flaws that made it unique.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“there are things we can control and things we can’t. And that it’s best not to dwell on the things we can’t because they’ll drive us mad.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“It’s a strange thing. You can go without laying eyes on someone for years and think little on it, but when you know you’ll never see them again, everything is different…”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“is the moon that gives the stars permission to shine.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“If we’d known…” “Nothing would have changed. Be wary of that path, Calen. The past is set in stone. It is immutable. Look forwards.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“Pride exists to be swallowed.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“So tonight let us dine like gods. And come the morning, I will earn your trust in the blood of your enemies.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust

“But a soul that could persevere despite all odds could overcome anything.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Empires and Dust