Of Darkness and Light Quotes

“There are demons within us all that we must face. They only ever surface when we are at our lowest because they are not strong enough to challenge us at our highest.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“Books are not a complete history. They are only the history people chose to record.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“We are born, we live, and we die. Those three things cannot be changed. The only thing within our control is what we choose to do with the short time we have – the things we fight for, the people we love, the things we hold dear. Good men stand even when it is against all odds.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“Being sorry soothes nothing but your own ego, brother. Be better.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“We are born, we live, and we die. Those three things cannot be changed. The only thing within our control is what we choose to do with the short time we have – the things we fight for, the people we love, the things we hold dear.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“Things that matter are rarely easy.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“We honour the dead not by how we mourn their death, but by how we live on despite it.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“Rist let out a sigh, tilting his head back. Books were so much simpler than women.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“There is not a soul in this world who does not feel the push and pull of pride. Damage it, and you can make an enemy for life. Keep it intact, and you may find allies in the strangest of places.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“Besides, there is nothing more important in the darkness than a ray of light.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“Death could not be beautiful, but sometimes it was necessary.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“You both hide what you should not. You need not smile, nor frown. Those are the whims of emotions, usually born to satisfy the expectations of others. But wear your markings with pride. You have earned them.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“Dragonbound by fire, Broken by death.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“Always remember, even in the shadow of what was lost, we can find light anew.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“It is the simple things”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“I do not mean you cannot hold fear in your hearts”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“They only ever surface when we are at our lowest because they are not strong enough to challenge us at our highest.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“Those three things cannot be changed. The only thing within our control is what we choose to do with the short time we have – the things we fight for”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“There are demons within us all that we must face. They only ever surface when we are at our lowest because they are not strong enough to challenge us at our highest.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“But nothing easy was ever worth having.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“To be Rakina is a burden many cannot hold – never think that I do not know that, my friend. But you are not, nor will you ever be, alone. I have fought by your side for centuries, and I will die by your side if the gods grant me that honour. You will feel the touch of Lyara’s mind again one day. But not this day.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“I am sorry. I… I lost control. Lyara, she calls to me… Sometimes I feel as though I am going mad, as though my mind is not my own…” His voice trembling, Aeson lifted his gaze to meet Therin’s, doing nothing to stay the tears that rolled down his cheeks. “I can’t feel her, Therin. Sometimes I dream, and her heart beats with mine, her mind calls to me, her scales feel warm beneath my hands… Then I wake… and I’m alone.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“I do not mean you cannot hold fear in your hearts, for courage is not the absence of fear. It is the will to act in spite of fear.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“Yoring took an arrow to the knee.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“Pain is the path to strength,”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“not mean you cannot hold fear in your hearts, for courage is not the absence of fear. It is the will to act in spite of fear.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“People tended to fear what they didn’t understand, and fear was a good friend of hate.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“Sleep was nothing more than a necessity now.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“we honour the dead not by how we mourn their death, but by how we live on despite it.”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light

“Feeling tears burn at the corner of his eyes, Calen only managed to push one word past his lips. “Haem?” “Little brother…”
― Ryan Cahill, Of Darkness and Light