Calamity at Conclave Quotes

“Sometimes misery doesn’t love company.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“I feared for my very safety should I voice a preference for either side, such was the vehemence with which their respective beliefs were held. The gentle courtship of my vote was fast becoming a betrothal by force.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“It was a tear of joy, but also one of sadness. Joy for her daughter’s freedom, but sadness that she would never see her. I expect the former outweighed the latter, for such was a mother’s love, be she made of flesh or wood. Some things were universal.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“Could an ancient and powerful enchantment perceive sarcasm?”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“I’d always found that humor made a better shield than indifference.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“No self-respecting dwarf would trust his beard to another man’s hand.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“Animals don’t judge you.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“Some days it just doesn’t pay to drag my sorry arse out of bed in the morning.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“...know that the fair folk take a dim view of him who breaks a bargain once struck.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“Ma would wash my mouth out with soap for an entire week if I ever said half of those words. Maybe two weeks cause I didn’t even understand the other half.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“I like answers, but sometimes ignorance was more restful.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“There is enough cruelty in the world without adding to it with tales of vengeance.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“Of Mermaids: ‘Sure, the preening things are comely enough, but I think any sensible man should prefer his woman be properly bifurcated.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“Reading can be fun as well as informative.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“I noted with wry amusement how quickly she’d latched on to the idea that friends did favors expecting nothing in return. I wondered whether she understood the obligation side of friendship or merely its benefits.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“Action alone is often useless unless coupled with understanding.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave

“I am most sincerely glad that hindsight is 2020 at last.”
― Daniel Thorman, Calamity at Conclave