Anthony Ryan Famous Quotes & Sayings
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War is never good for commerce. Lest your trading in steel o'course.

I think I preferred him jaded. The world might be a better place were it ruled by disappointed souls.

They can hear lies, he realized. But not thoughts. He could hide things, he didn't have to lie. Silence could be his shield.

Speaking it aloud would reveal the absurdity of it, and he preferred the dream.

An axe without a blade is just a stick.

Hide an advantage and you double its value.

Between lovers, betrayal is always the worst sin.

It is the lessons we learn that change us from boys to men.

There were tears in his eyes but he blinked them away. "I wish to learn many things".

Give them the right lie and they'll believe it.

What has happened cannot be changed, and so you cannot touch it. Change is the province of the future.

Freedom brought a change in my song, made it soar, seeking out wonders and novelty.

No, I'm truthful. It's my weapon.

War is always an adventure to those who've never seen it.

I pray you weep no more my love, let no tears fall for my demise, lift your face to the sky above, and let the sun dry your eyes...

Oh, I was born here. There's a village a few miles south of Varinshold, so small it doesn't even have a name. You'll find my kin there.

My mother used to say that men would fight and kill for money, but they would only die for their gods.

Is that what I've been doing all these years? cutting my path though life? All the blood spilled and lives taken, just verses in a song?

Leadership is not learned by watching your brothers beat each other bloody. Nor is it learned by letting them fail their tests.

Some memories are best left to wither.

Loyalty is our strength (...) Loyalty is another lie you use to trap the unwary in your designs.

For nine more nights they trained, after an arduous day's march, Vaelin would try to turn a poet into a swordsman.

Is a lie really a lie if it is honestly believed?

Caution favours no-one in battle,

They laughed together, for a long time. Pain receded and was forgotten. They laughed and never spoke about how much it hurt.

Life isn't what you want it to be, it's what you make it become.

The lessons of the past guide us in the present (...) Our Faith is strengthened by the knowledge of those who have gone before us.

Oh I don't always do what I'm told. I'm a bad girl. I don't do the things girls should.

Desert winds blow hard at me
Till we reach the shining sea.
And borne away across the waves
My lover's life I'll sail to save.

My people do, I do not. Gods are a myth, a comforting story for children." "Such

Those who have not lived cannot meditate on the mysteries of life.

Battle is a hard business, sister. Soft training will make for soft soldiers, who will in turn become soft corpses.

The Dark is a word for the ignorant. The people hare are Gifted. Different powers, different abilities. But Gifted. Like you.

I expect the notions of personal freedom and representative government would appear radical to a slave of the corporate world." "A

You mistake purpose for cruelty, and I have always had a purpose. I am not mindless.

What is broken remains so, it is the way of things.

True change has never been bloodless.

He wants to make an end. And we will.