A Traitor in Skyhold Quotes

“Ah, right. Parades. Another reason I hate empires. There’s little I despise more than military parades, but empires are obsessed with them. Ceaseless, obnoxious parades, dedicated to their own overblown sense of importance and glory.”
― John Bierce, A Traitor in Skyhold

“All spellforms— for spells, glyphs, wards, and enchantments alike— fundamentally serve the same purpose of guiding mana in specific patterns that generate effects. Each does it in an entirely different frame of reference, however. Spells operate in reference to the self, wards operate in reference to a spatial location, and enchantments operate in reference to the properties of the material they’re worked into.”
― John Bierce, A Traitor in Skyhold

“Talia did have to admit that the topic was a little bit ridiculous, of course. It would be absurd to match your weapon to your dress. It made so much more sense to match your dress to your weapon.”
― John Bierce, A Traitor in Skyhold

“appeared to be made out of liquid water”
― John Bierce, A Traitor in Skyhold

“Careful weapon choice is important!” Talia protested. “You’re going to get invited to a ball some day and bring a spiked flail,” Sabae said. “A flail would be a terrible choice of weapon for a ball,” Talia said. “Dancing would set it to swinging all over the place, and it’d probably hit another dancer, which would be rude.”
― John Bierce, A Traitor in Skyhold