City of Songs Quotes

“All those years tend to have a weathering effect on a mortal soul, scouring it down like the wind and the rain on exposed rock until it become smooth, featureless. Except you, my liege. With you, the passage of time only makes you more interesting, uglier too. But that’s the price you pay for a noteworthy life, eh?”
― Anthony Ryan, City of Songs

“To seek truth you must first understand its nature. For truth is not stone, it is water, It flows and ebbs according to channel and tide, It freezes into the illusory permanence of ice, It is moulded into storms and waves that can shatter whole nations, But always, as water remains water, truth remains truth.”
― Anthony Ryan, City of Songs

“We are all creations. One way or another. And life is still life, regardless of the vessel that carries it.”
― Anthony Ryan, City of Songs

“Besides, surviving the battle is one thing, surviving your younger self is another.”
― Anthony Ryan, City of Songs

“The young are more like to risk injury when their belly growls.”
― Anthony Ryan, City of Songs

“If you wanted a wise man for this task, you should have looked elsewhere. Wisdom, I can assure you, is not my province.”
― Anthony Ryan, City of Songs

“Memorisation is an empty skill, since memory without insight is like a knife without an edge.”
― Anthony Ryan, City of Songs

“I’ve never yet encountered a door I couldn’t open, or break down if need arose.”
― Anthony Ryan, City of Songs