Lord of Emperors Quotes
Lord of Emperors
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Guy Gavriel Kay14,219 ratings, 4.30 average rating, 684 reviews
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“Sometimes you didn't really arrive at a conclusion about your life, you just discovered that you already had.”
― Lord of Emperors
― Lord of Emperors
“EVENTUALLY, MORNING CAME. Morning always comes. There are always losses in the night, a price paid for light.”
― Lord of Emperors
― Lord of Emperors
“The great events of an age appear, to those living through them, as backdrops only to the vastly more compelling dramas of their own lives, and how could it be otherwise?
In this same way, many of the men and women there in the Hippodrome (and some who were not, but later claimed to have been) would cling to one private image or another of what transpired. They might be entirely different things, varying moments, for each of us has strings within the soul, and we are played upon in different ways, like instruments, and how could it be otherwise?”
― Lord of Emperors
In this same way, many of the men and women there in the Hippodrome (and some who were not, but later claimed to have been) would cling to one private image or another of what transpired. They might be entirely different things, varying moments, for each of us has strings within the soul, and we are played upon in different ways, like instruments, and how could it be otherwise?”
― Lord of Emperors
“The soul must bend to endure.”
― Lord of Emperors
― Lord of Emperors
“And knowing, too, that this sort of artistry could not endure past the shaping moment, could only be spoken of after by those who recalled, or misrecalled, who had seen and half seen and not seen at all, distorted by memory and desire and ignorance, the achievement of it written as if on water or on sand.
It mattered, terribly, and just now it didn't matter at all. Or could the fragility, the defining impermanence actually intensify the glory? The thing lost as soon as made?”
― Lord of Emperors
It mattered, terribly, and just now it didn't matter at all. Or could the fragility, the defining impermanence actually intensify the glory? The thing lost as soon as made?”
― Lord of Emperors
“Another journey lay ahead, home at the end of it.”
― Lord of Emperors
― Lord of Emperors
“They will only bring it down!" The secretary's voice was uncomprehending.
Crispin did turn then, to look back over his shoulder. They were staring at him, the three of them, so were the others in the Sanctuary.
He said, "I understand. But they will have to DO that. Bring it down. I will make what I make, in this civilized, holy place. Others will have to give the orders to destroy. As barbarians once destroyed Rhodias...since it could not defend itself.”
― Lord of Emperors
Crispin did turn then, to look back over his shoulder. They were staring at him, the three of them, so were the others in the Sanctuary.
He said, "I understand. But they will have to DO that. Bring it down. I will make what I make, in this civilized, holy place. Others will have to give the orders to destroy. As barbarians once destroyed Rhodias...since it could not defend itself.”
― Lord of Emperors
“Tell me, when your wife died...how did you go on living?"
He opened his mouth and closed it without answering. She turned away. They went back through the forest to the sea. On the stony strand of the isle, he was still unable to speak. He watched as she unclipped and let fall her purple cloak, and then dropped the brooch that has pinned it and turned and went away along the white stones. The man named Mariscus followed her out of sight.
How did you go on living?”
― Lord of Emperors
He opened his mouth and closed it without answering. She turned away. They went back through the forest to the sea. On the stony strand of the isle, he was still unable to speak. He watched as she unclipped and let fall her purple cloak, and then dropped the brooch that has pinned it and turned and went away along the white stones. The man named Mariscus followed her out of sight.
How did you go on living?”
― Lord of Emperors
“« Je ne veux pas que vous partiez », dit Shirin. Il la dévisagea sans répliquer. Elle releva son petit menton. Ses traits, il l’avait décidé depuis longtemps, étaient plaisants au repos, sans être vraiment frappants. C’était quand elle manifestait une émotion, rire, souffrance, colère, chagrin, effroi – n’importe quoi de tout cela –, que le visage de Shirin s’animait vraiment, que sa beauté forçait l’attention, qu’on en prenait conscience, que naissait le désir. Et quand elle se mouvait, aussi, sa grâce de danseuse, sa souplesse, la suggestion implicite que des désirs charnels à peine admis pouvaient être satisfaits. C’était une créature que ne pourrait jamais capturer un art dénué de mouvement. «”
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
“C’étaient tous deux des hommes taciturnes et discrets. Ils le laissèrent à ses réflexions, gardèrent les leurs par-devers eux, lui offrant leur présence en gage de sécurité et d’amitié, tandis qu’ils arpentaient rues et places.”
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
“Mais il ne la trahirait pas, non, il ne la trahirait jamais. C’était bien peu, en vérité, mais d’un autre côté c’était beaucoup. L’existence d’un homme s’évaluait à ses paroles et à ses actes.”
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
“Il était sincère, et brave, mais on apprendrait évidemment ce qu’il savait, si l’on était assez astucieux pour le trouver et le soumettre à la question. Les hommes avaient parfois une foi touchante en leur capacité à soutenir des interrogatoires menés par des professionnels.”
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
“durent se faire expliquer la situation en un langage qu’ils pouvaient comprendre. Il était possible, bien sûr, de simplement leur donner des ordres sans rien expliquer, mais Shirvan régnait depuis longtemps et savait que la plupart des gens sont plus efficaces quand ils saisissent eux-mêmes de quoi il s’agit. Il”
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
“Le passé reste avec nous jusqu’à notre mort”, avait écrit Protonias longtemps auparavant, “et nous devenons ensuite le souvenir d’autres personnes, jusqu’à ce qu’elles meurent à leur tour.”
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
“malgré tout leur fameux cynisme (ou peut-être à cause de lui), les Sarantins étaient presque toujours d’une nature émotive et passionnée, comme si vivre au centre du monde donnait du relief et de l’importance à chaque événement de leur existence.”
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
“C’était aussi un ambitieux, estima-t-elle, mais seulement à la façon des gens trop zélés qui craignent de voir dérangé l’ordre d’une vie bien établie. Aucun feu intérieur n’animait cet homme.”
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
― Seigneur des Empereurs: La Mosaïque sarantine -2
