Mistress of the Empire Quotes

“Love doesn’t demand; it accepts. It has taken me my life to learn this.”
― Raymond E. Feist, Mistress of the Empire

“He likes to humble our foes by making them seem ridiculous. As he said to me the other day, ‘Kill a man, and you cede him honor in the eyes of the gods. Laugh at him and you shame him'.”
― Raymond E. Feist, Mistress of the Empire

“You know what they say: ‘Men have throats and daggers have sharp edges'.”
― Raymond E. Feist, Mistress of the Empire

“Chumaka ended with a quotation from a play that Jiro favored. “ ‘Small acts partner small houses and small minds'.”
― Raymond E. Feist, Mistress of the Empire

“When one has tended sick babies at the bequest of every herder mother in the fells, one learns in time that the small things count for as much as, or perhaps more than, the great affairs of rulership and politics.”
― Raymond E. Feist, Mistress of the Empire

“Men long in power do not care to be shown their vulnerabilities. Few demonstrate wisdom when confronted by change and self-recognition. Sadly, many react in defense of positions that have lost their meaning, simply because they fear to see their security undermined, even for growth, even for the betterment of their lives. They resist change simply because it is outside the comfort they know.”
― Raymond E. Feist, Mistress of the Empire