The Tiger and the Wolf Quotes

“That is how people are. Once they have food and drink and shelter, the next thing they must find is a quarrel.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Tiger and the Wolf

“Surely every man’s courage was a rope of uncertain length, hauled hand over hand out of clouded waters. Who knew how suddenly that rope’s end would whip up into the air?”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Tiger and the Wolf

“There are things you must do, and things you must not do. We know this. You river people find it so complicated, so hard to tell one thing from another. You use so many words.'
'Loyalty. Duty. Family. These are just words to you?'
'All words are just words. They are not the things they are used for.'

-pg 472 & 473”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Tiger and the Wolf

“It was all the world would offer her, and she had seen enough of the world by now to know its meagre generosity. -pg 350”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Tiger and the Wolf

“That sound spoke of ages, great stone volumes of history that had come and gone, filled with the lives of men who thought that their 'now' was the only now that mattered. -pg 329”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Tiger and the Wolf

“Now she was forced to confront the fact, once again, that she had no thought for the future save to move on into it and never retrace her steps. -pg 274”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Tiger and the Wolf

“There is a lot of wide open world, and no reason to stay in any part of it that displeases you, let alone fight another for it. If only all men realized this truth, then the world would be a good place to live. -pg 272”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Tiger and the Wolf

“Our words are not just solitary stones thrown into the night. With our words, we build. What sways the heart is the sum of all the words that went before.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Tiger and the Wolf

“I’m like the river. I seem to be driven ever onwards, and yet here I am always.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Tiger and the Wolf

“All of life is profiting from the misfortunes of others.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Tiger and the Wolf

“He knew that above all the gods and totems of the world there was one great and controlling spirit, and it was named Expediency.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Tiger and the Wolf