The Druid Quotes

“Five enemies of peace inhabit us—avarice”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“The best way to motivate an ambitious person was to torment them with a lack of approval. To treat their highest accomplishments as trivial and their smallest lapses as catastrophes. Men and women of ambition gave their best efforts when praise was sparing.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Planning one step at a time is enough.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“What you want is someone who’ll both desire you and listen to you. Someone you can trust not to take advantage of you. Both those goals conflict. You want the warmth from the fire but not to be burned. Yet some feelings are so powerful they must be banked and cooled by a dozen restraints.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Knowledge is always a sword with two edges. It cuts away falsehood but reveals hypocrisy. Too much truth can lead to heresy.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“A certain order must be followed in the raising of an abbey. Strong footings are put in, dug deeply into the earth. Then stones are cut at a quarry, each one designed to nest properly with another when sealed with mortar. The maston builders are dedicated to this craft. They carve onto the bottom of each stone a small sigil allowing the stones to be hoisted into the air through the power of the Medium. These sigils are not faces carved into expressions of human emotions. They are directions of obedience. The stones obey the simple commands of the builders. Once in place, they become immovable and fixed.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Knowledge has always been a double-edged sword, but even though it contains the potential for violent thought, that does not mean it should be abolished.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“As she carried the tray out of the kitchen, it occurred to her that she hadn’t seen Aisic since the awful news was first delivered. He must have quietly slipped away. Disappointment roiled through her. He’d known Celyn as well. But he’d offered no comfort. He’d said nothing at all. Still . . . when were men ever able to speak of their more delicate feelings? If they even had any. It”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Be wary when someone seeks your heart”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“I’ve heard reports from the Apocrisarius that when these druids invoke the power available to them, their eyes turn silver and begin to glow.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“The kings of Moros used to place their trust in men called druids. They are very different from mastons. Rather barbaric, actually. The king’s druid was called Mordaunt.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Many wretcheds felt the weight of being so unwanted by either or both parents that they’d been abandoned without name or worldly notice.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“All have one thing in common: they wear a talisman around their necks, one that gives them power over the forces of nature.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Ambition is not evil. Fire can bake a loaf of bread or destroy a mound of hay. The difference is in how it is tended.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“She made the null gesture herself, the crossing of her two middle fingers over the outer ones, forming a V shape.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Five enemies of peace inhabit us—avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“truth, we are but caretakers. This land doesn’t belong to King Aengus. It belongs to everyone. We are all but stewards, not kings.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“that suffering is the greatest teacher of all.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Do not let that hate fester in your heart. You learned an important lesson. Heed that lesson. Learn from it. There are some honorable men, but they are exceedingly rare.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“People’s trust in each other is blind, child. Motives are unseen. Brooding thoughts concealed.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“But every woman wants to be desired.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest, as well as the keenest, dispositions discovered in the heart of nearly all people. Concealed talent brings no reputation.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Sooner or later, little sister, everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Man is to man either angel or wolf. From my experience, it is more often wolf. Savage, cunning, constantly preying on the weak, the aged, the sick in order to cull the herd. But some people are angels who strengthen the weak, visit and honor the aged, and heal the sick. It is easy to mistake angels for being harmless, but in the tomes of the angels, called the Sefers, the angels carry swords. And their words are just as sharp.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Must everything be a competition, though? A game of reputation?”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Not every illness should be healed. Not every injury either. There are many lessons to be learned in suffering. We would never learn to be brave if all evils were removed by the asking.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Twynho dropped to his knee and rifled through the man’s tunic, but he wasn’t quick enough. A blast of fear struck Eilean, so powerful it made her wet herself. She couldn’t stop the rush or do anything other than feel the hot wetness run down her leg.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“A wise Aldermaston once said, “To know nothing is the happiest life.” Knowledge is always a sword with two edges. It cuts away falsehood but reveals hypocrisy. Too much truth can lead to heresy. Such we are experiencing in Hautland with an Aldermaston who defied the High Seer of Avinion by hanging shingles decrying the established order. He has agreed to face trial at the abbey of Viegg. If he does not recant his deeds, he will be branded a heretic and excommunicated. He has agreed to come to the abbey on the condition that he will not face a trial of flame. His intention is to answer for his actions by citing the words of the tomes. He will be condemned. It did not have to be this way. He could have had a happy life if he had just remained silent.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid

“Stright shrugged. “Men like that captain, the one who hunts us, think of things in terms of boundaries, kingdoms, and laws. In truth, we are but caretakers. This land doesn’t belong to King Aengus. It belongs to everyone. We are all but stewards, not kings.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Druid