Second Son Quotes

“I’ve learned that good-byes are inevitable, and that although many roads may lead to the same place, there is usually only one path that is the correct one.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“We start from the assumption that we will never be safe, they start from the belief that they will never be in danger, and who is to say which is the better way to live?”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“silly traditions that have no purpose but to bore one to death”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“wherever there is great power, there is also the temptation towards great evil.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“At first I thought I only wished to do something with my life before I was imprisoned once more by responsibility, but now I find that I do not know the reason I am here. All I know is that curiosity tugs at my heart and I feel as though I must find this thing, perhaps to prove something to myself, perhaps to prove something to another, I do not know. I have sent myself on this quest without a real purpose. Maybe that is what I am seeking: a purpose.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“You don’t have to use it then,” Dru said, throwing his hands up in defeat, “I will. And you can pay for your meals ‘honestly’ and if you do a really good job, you might even convert this hardened thief to your honest ways. Truth to tell, though, I’m doing them a favor. These people need the money more than they need you to carry water to their kitchens or muck out their stables.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“Some things we possess to give to others. Neither of the things your father needs are yours to give, nor should they be. It is you who must do the forgiving; you must find it in you to forgive yourself, young prince,” Jhasen spoke gently.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“A leader is not a parent to the people, nor should he ever have absolute authority, under that type of rule no people can prosper. A leader is a symbol, one who is there for the people to turn to, and yet only as strong as the people who follow him. As a leader I would expect my people to be strong, and to be self-reliant, as I would expect no less of myself.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“Just thinking about all sorts of things. The families we’ve helped, the lives they live, how much I’ve enjoyed traveling with you. Also... Ky’s rite of passage is soon. I was just”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“Countless were his deeds of valor and heroism. When he finally returned home, ready to settle down and perhaps to take up the throne if they forced it on him, he was not given the hero’s welcome that some think he deserved.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“All I can do, Rhoyan thought, is my best. And all I can give, I will give. And when my strength runs out and my breath fades, I shall laugh at death and say that it cannot take life from me, because I lived so hard that I drained life dry. And the only reason I shall leave it will be because life no longer has anything to offer me, so I will leave it behind and journey into death with no regrets.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“I suppose I could sit down and cry, and then, when my strength gave out I could simply give up, lie down, and die. Certainly, that’s all I feel like doing right now. That creature killed my wife and burned my crops and destroyed my home, I guess I’ve got more right than most to just sit down and fade out of this world. But then, what good would that accomplish? What good would that do? So I pick myself up instead, and I go on living, one day at a time, hoping to find something worth living for or some deed worth doing, because right now that’s all I can do.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“He had seen these people lose their livelihoods, their family members, their time, and their homes; and yet they all took deep breaths and shrugged it off. They mourned, certainly, but they picked up and strode on, struggling to put the pieces of their lives back together because that was all they could do.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“You are but one. All you can offer is what you have to give, and no more, whether you like it or not. The rest is not your job. It is theirs. Theirs and Cruithaor Elchiyl’s. You did a lot more for that family than you think, and if it pleases them to believe themselves in your debt, do not take that away from them. They are too poor to pay you for the service you have rendered in freeing them from that evil beast, do not take their pride from them by refusing to allow them to thank you with what wealth they carry in their hearts.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son

“Giving me answers I can’t argue with. You say something like that as though it is the great solution that everyone has been looking for, when really all you’re saying is that there is no solution so we have to accept things the way they are.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Second Son