Charmcaster Quotes

“Dwelling on all the bad things that didn’t even come to pass only makes it harder to celebrate that fact. Stop being so scared about yesterday—it only makes you forget to appreciate today.”
― Sebastien de Castell, Charmcaster

“Ferious offered up a sardonic smile. "Not everybody hates you, kid. There are entire countries full of people who haven't met you yet.”
― Sebastien de Castell, Charmcaster

“You are not my business partner,' Nephenia told Ishak. 'You're my familiar. It's an ancient and time-honoured pairing of two souls, not some shallow business transaction.'
The hyena yapped at her for several seconds, then Nephenia punched me in the arm. 'Ow! What was that for?'
'For letting your squirrel cat introduce these ruinous ideas into my familiar's head about "partnerships" and "equitable relationships". Do you realise Ishak's now telling me he wants us to work out a formal contract?'
'Wait until she hears about the clause on freshly killed meat,' Reichis whispered into my ear.”
― Sebastien de Castell, Charmcaster

“There's a sad truth about magic: the guy who's got more of it almost always wins. It's not like being strong, because a strong man can still be slow. And it's not like being fast either, because a quick opponent might still make stupid mistakes. Casting a proper spell? It takes power, speed, precision and a mind disciplined enough to envision complex esoteric geometries.”
― Sebastien de Castell, Charmcaster

“Jealousy. Smells like regret only more bitter.”
― Sebastien de Castell, Charmcaster

“Let the meanderings of other lives pass you by, kid. There ain’t nothing you need to give them, or take from them neither.”
― Sebastien de Castell, Charmcaster

“See, this is what I adore about you, kid,’ Ferius said.
‘The fact that I’m scared all the time?’
‘The fact that nothing scares you more than the thought of lettin’ your friends down.”
― Sebastien de Castell, Charmcaster

“There's a lot that goes into making a discordance card. Painting something, well, that's the easy part. It's imbuing with what you know about the subject, what you suspect might be happening, colouring it with evidence and shading it with uncertainty, that's what's hard.”
― Sebastien de Castell, Charmcaster

“That's right i was turning into ferius parfax”
― Sebastien de Castell, Charmcaster

“some terrible instant in which their lives had changed, like when lightning strikes desert sand and turns it to blackened glass. I understood now that no such grand or ghastly event was needed.”
― Sebastien de Castell, Charmcaster