Cast in Silence Quotes

“Stop judging your life only by the failures," he whispered.
"What should I do?" she whispered. "I'm always going to fail."
"We all do," he said softly, his voice closer now. "We all fail. But none of us fail all the time.”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Silence

“Sanabalis never seemed to eat, and he deflected most of her questions about Dragon cuisine. Then again, he deflected most of her questions about Dragons, period. Which was annoying because he was one, and could in theory be authorative.”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Silence

“There is not a man born among us who dreams—at first—of service, although in the end, many are bent that way.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Silence

“Manners,[...] are severely underappreciated in my opinion".
"Oh?"
"Where practiced well, they remove the probability that someone in my position will be forced to go through the effort of killing someone in yours. Believe that on occasion that much death can become tedious.”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Silence

“What would this have been, if it had more power to give?"
"This may come as a surprise to you," he replied dryly, "But I am not an Ancient. Nor am I, human philosophy aside, a living construct."
"Which means you don't know."
"Which means, as you so succinctly put it, I do not know." - Kaylin & Tiamaris”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Silence

“There were always people who struggled their way to the top of the heap, no matter how much that heap looked like garbage when seen from the outside.”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Silence

“Which would pretty much end most of the lives that Kaylin cared about, although to be fair, it would probably end the other ones, as well.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Silence

“No one except maybe a mother—and even then she wasn’t certain—could give and give and give without getting something in return; it was like having leeches you couldn’t remove. In the end, there would be nothing left of you but an empty husk—if you were lucky.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Silence

“Do you not think you know better than they what is required?” Kaylin snorted. “We all think that. We also have days where we think we’re the only person who’s doing any damn work. That’s normal. I can even say I know what’s best for me, and mean it. But I clearly don’t, if you look at my life to this point. I try to learn from the mistakes. I try every damn day not to screw up. You know what? I fail a lot. Hopefully I fail less than I used to.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Silence

“Do you not think you know better than they what is required?” Kaylin snorted. “We all think that. We also have days where we think we’re the only person who’s doing any damn work. That’s normal. I can even say I know what’s best for me, and mean it. But I clearly don’t, if you look at my life to this point. I try to learn from the mistakes. I try every damn day not to screw up. You know what? I fail a lot. Hopefully I fail less than I used”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Silence

“We do not always succeed in our attempts to find—or uphold—justice. But if we fail to try at all, what is left? The only justice that exists is the justice we attempt to make. The only fairness, the same.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Silence

“We all fail. But none of us fail all of the time.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Silence

“Stop judging your life only by the failures,” he whispered.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Silence

“Obvious daggers were notably absent. ... Dragons didn't generally bristle with arms that weren't attached to their bodies.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Silence