The Chaoswar Saga Quotes

“The mote expanded and became a translucent sphere within which energy vibrated. The vibrations slowed until the illusion of a sphere vanished and they could see there was a thread of energy that writhed madly, turning itself into a variety of shapes each second. Again Macros waved his hand and it slowed. First the strand was straight, then it looped, then it fluttered upward, then doubled back on itself, one end anchored while the other described the outer limit of its reach, defining the ‘sphere’, despite moving at speeds faster than the human eye could decipher. The little demon-turned-human stared in wonder, and at last he said, ‘It’s … stuff.’ ‘Stuff?’ asked Magnus. ‘It’s what you call “magic”,’ said Nakor. ‘This is what you play with when you think you’re doing magic.’ ‘Wonderful,’ said Macros. ‘Yes, this is what you’ve been struggling to understand your entire life, little gambler.”
― Raymond E. Feist, The Chaoswar Saga: A Kingdom Besieged / A Crown Imperilled / Magician's End

“I think no introductions are necessary,’ said Kalkin. ‘The Controllers remain mute, as always.’ Pug looked up into the heavens above the Pavilion, and saw the four silent faces: Abram-Sev, the Forger of Action; Ev-Dem, the Worker from Within; Graf, the Weaver of Wishes; and Helbinor, the Abstainer. Pug said, ‘I … I understand.’ Kalkin said, ‘What do you understand?’ ‘These are the forces that define our universe. They do not interact with mortals because … they are the universe.’ Macros looked at Miranda and said, ‘I told you you married a bright lad.’ ‘You told me nothing of the sort,’ said Miranda. Looking at Ban-ath, and then at the other gods, Pug said, ‘You interact with humans because … we made you!’ ‘Very bright lad,’ said Kalkin.”
― Raymond E. Feist, The Chaoswar Saga: A Kingdom Besieged / A Crown Imperilled / Magician's End

“He’ll get over it,’ said his father. ‘But to speed it along, he needs to know that pain will come. The knack is to not engage the pain, not hold on to it like a treasured thing, but to simply let it pass through and wait until it’s gone. It will come less frequently and after a time, be gone.”
― Raymond E. Feist, The Chaoswar Saga: A Kingdom Besieged / A Crown Imperilled / Magician's End

“Well, I remember a story once where a smith forgot to use one last nail on a horse’s shoe, and the shoe came off at the worst time and the horse went lame, and the rider of the horse was tossed and killed, and failed to deliver a message which kept a king from riding into a trap and his kingdom fell when he was killed. So a kingdom was lost, all for the want of a nail.’ ‘So what nail did we overlook?”
― Raymond E. Feist, The Chaoswar Saga: A Kingdom Besieged / A Crown Imperilled / Magician's End