Jaunten Quotes

“It is not what a man is capable of doing, but what he chooses to do that is important.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“Don’t waste your time looking for trouble, son. It can find you all on its own.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“I think Haben was silently laughing, if the jerks of his chest were anything to go by. Well, at least I was entertaining somebody.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“Odd looks were probably something that would happen to me for the rest of my life. Well, actually they would probably stop at fifty, when I had a legitimate reason to have white hair.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“an understatement ranked right up there with saying that a beaver might have a little trouble building a dam in the middle of a typhoon.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“there’s a difference between strength and power. Power changes what you are; strength changes who you are. A strong man does not need to sink to power’s base demands. He doesn’t need to prove himself to anyone.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“Two men were waiting there and, judging from the bright smiles on their faces, were happy to see us. Of course, they hadn’t met Kartal yet. In about an hour, they’d start planning his going away party.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“It took effort. It took discipline. It took grim determination! But I finally managed to extract myself from the death-grip that my bed had on me.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“Have you had any mage accidents?” I’d almost uprooted a forest. Did that count? “Yes.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“There’s obviously a reason why guys can’t give birth, and I think I just discovered why. This was really disturbing. It gave the whole idea of bachelorhood a new appeal.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“rang out in wild peels through the air.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“I had no doubt that a warrant for Manookin’s head would be drawn up this very night. That thought was rather cheery. I had developed an abiding hatred for the man.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“Elis kept staring at me, and then his mouth twisted up into a wry grin. “You don’t hold grudges, do you?” “Not really.” What was the point? He’d done what he needed to do. It was water under the bridge now. I just had to get used to it and move on.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“By the stars! I really did get into the most absurd situations! “Rhebengarthen?” I turned my head to look at Elis and tried my best to be upset with him. I couldn’t dredge up a smidgeon of anger, or even a little righteous indignation. I understood his reasoning—and he was right.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“The Jaunten were legendary, and by traditional accounts, to be feared. However, because of the recent changes in my own life, with magic awakening within me, I wondered at just how wrong the things I’d been taught were.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“A question weighed heavily on my mind: would Chahiran soldiers, once on my trail, cease their pursuit at the border, or would they continue to run me down? If they killed me beyond the borders of Chahir, out here in the wilderness, who would know?”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“He wants you to go with him,”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“Pausing he added dryly, “We’ll have to come up with something if he starts giggling manically though.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“Someone once told me that diplomacy not only meant saying the right things at the right time, but also leaving unsaid the wrong things at the tempting moment. I never”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“Don’t ask why, but getting dressed somehow makes me wake up, perhaps because I always make it an adrenaline sport. Vevcor was pleasantly surprised that I was almost alive, and dragged me out of the room.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“I had no idea who’d designed the buildings for the school, but they were blind, demented, crazy, and scatterbrained. The hallways meandered like a drunken, one-legged sailor. I admit that I’m terrible with directions, and by the time we reached the library, I was a hundred percent sure I’d be completely lost trying to find my way back to my own room. Maybe they would have a map of the building in the library.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“I had learned (the painful way) the difference between knowledge and experience. Did I know how to fight? Yes. Would my body respond correctly when threatened? Maybe. All in all, it was probably very wise to be enrolled in Weapons.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“That still didn’t explain the scorch marks, but I didn’t bring it up. Something told me that I didn’t want to know.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“Taking a deep breath, I made myself stand still. I faced them without flinching. After all, no matter how scary they were, they couldn’t kill me. What did I really have to worry about?”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“None of my Jaunten ancestors had studied much about magic. I”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“could my life get any more complicated? I just wanted training! Well, I also wanted to live to see my next birthday, but now that I was in Hain, I wasn’t particularly worried about that. I still wanted training, though, and didn’t fancy having to jump through hoops to get it.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten

“Despite all the knowledge he’d transferred to me, there were no memories associated with it. It was like recalling what you’d read in a book. I knew very little of him except facts—the flavor of his life was lost to me. I only wished that I’d known him better.”
― Honor Raconteur, Jaunten