The Knighthood Quotes

“Perhaps it was possible that the Creator was dead—maybe the one true God had a limit after all—but Kaern’s honor did not. It was the only thing he had left to call his own, and no one would take that from him.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“Never underestimate two things about all people, not merely humans,” Kaern said. “The ability to fool themselves and the ability to fall into a cycle of hate at the drop of a hat. I don’t know why it is that way, but it seems like it’s something to do with free will and a limited perspective.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“heroes only arrive when everything is lost and the darkness has swallowed hope.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“The Creator didn’t answer prayers. Not even to say no.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“War was something to be faced, not to be embraced.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“The human reaction time was better than he had calculated but, galling as it was, was almost perfectly within the predicted times the traitor had provided. The fact that a human knew humans better than he was, perhaps, no great surprise nor any reason for shame, but the general still chafed at the fact.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“Lower-circle demons were like a plague, the lowest three practically like rotting flesh made mobile by some unholy means. They left trails of corrupted flesh and expelled waste wherever they walked, and those were their better qualities.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“He knew from deep experience that while many things in creation were, in fact, predetermined, destiny was not one of them, though it was a counterintuitive thing to understand. Destiny was the ultimate expression of free will, a point in the history of a universe when choice could truly make a difference.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“Better that than to live under the talons of a Fal lord.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“War is always coming.” He shrugged. “That’s the nature of life. Don’t let anyone tell you different. Living things are born to kill. It isn’t in our nature; it is our nature. From the lowliest microbe to the most complex masterpieces of the universe, we’re all murderers to the core. Anyone who says otherwise is just a pathological liar as well.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“and even then, deep losses had a way of sneaking past the armor of time and knifing you when you were least able to stand it.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“Kaern thought grimly. Venadrin. I believe that I’ll remember that name. I don’t have much love fer humans meself, but I’ve got less taste for a traitor.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“The past was the past for good reason, and little to nothing could be done to affect it once it had come to pass. The future was unknown and unknowable, also for good reason, so all one had was the present.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“had once said something he would never forget: that doubt and questions were the luxury of the rich.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“He hated the blue. It was an odd thought, he supposed, but it was true. The Gorana demon actually despised the color blue. Especially sky-blue. The thought of all that color hanging over him just drove him absolutely mad.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood

“He was alone.” “He was not.” “Females don’t count.” Boy, you can tell that he’s never been married.”
― Evan Currie, The Knighthood