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People most often don't see what is right before them.

Some loves come unbidden like winds from the sea, and others grow from the seeds of friendship.

Mama shrieked. The first man turned

In Tsurani culture, forgiveness was simply a less shameful form of weakness than capitulation.

Tragic to kill a friend in battle by mistake when there are so many enemies to go around.

ATLANTA NIGHTS is sure to please the reader who enjoys this sort of thing.

Sanity is all that stands between good and evil.

One time is much like another to death. She comes when she will. So why give over your mind to worry?

Either systems are in balance or they are falling apart. If people are acting in what appears to be a twisted way, I want to know the reason for that.

A whore may be the most beautiful woman you've seen, my son, but she's still a whore.

It is the single blackest shame in the memory of our race that one segment of our people utterly destroyed another. 'But

A shrieking battle cry echoed on the wind, a spine-tingling scream that sounded like the baying of the wolves closing in on their prey.

No, killing a man is fairly easy. It is killing him and not getting caught that makes it difficult.

I'm a huge fan of Cabernet and Bordeaux, and am passionate about Pinot Noir and Burgundies.

Of all the weaknesses that beset a man, vanity is the most deadly. For through vanity can a wise man turn to folly.

There is no idea so brilliant or original that a sufficiently-untalented writer can't screw it up.

Don't assume the world evolved in the order in which you discovered it.

I know he hasn't a mean or petty bone in him, but one can err on the side of caution as well as rashness.

But should you ever come to a time when you need to say something upon my behalf, say this, 'The last truth is that there is no magic.

A man makes choices," Tal said.

"True, but what choices a man makes depends on what choices he is offered.

Life is problems. Living is solving problems.

Debts of friendship are not debts.

If you're going to risk dying, there's no sense doing it wet, cold and hungry unless absolutely necessary.

here you've got to live, breathe, and eat trust, or you're dead.

Trying to guess the enemy's next move is useful; trying to guess what they are thinking is pointless.

A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.

Life is what happens, Magnus, no matter what you expect or want.

Old habits are hard to forget, and old fears are habits.

There are sunsets above other oceans, Ghuda. Mighty sights and great wonders to behold.

Men love their fears. That is why they hold on to them so tightly.

There was nothing left to fear. He would endure or he wouldn't.

You learn something new every day, if you just stop to pay attention.

You can only have one first born child. You may love all your children deeply and with passion, but there is something unique about the first born.

It is said by some that the gods show us their bitter humor by molding us into what we hate most in others.

Seconds slowed and passed before Nicholas's mind's eye like a parade of snails upon the garden path.

Never think taking a life is easy. Do that and in a way they win.

Never underestimate the potential for human stupidity when wealth and power are at stake.

Love doesn't demand; it accepts." Mara to Kamilo.

The faults we see in others never seem as dreadful as those we see in ourselves.

The order of the universe is like a gem with many facets, and we see only one, that which reflects the existence of our own world.

You would do well to know, Marcus, that irritating a better swordsman than yourself is a good way to end up dead.

The first love is the difficult love.

One of the key issues will be personal honour vs. the good of the many, and unforeseen consequences.

Bountiful was the table of your grandsire, for there is still fat at the root of my heart from the feasts he gave in my honour.

Well, he thought, dwelling on past failures once you'd learned all there was to learn was just heaping futility on failure.

Friends can betray you, but with an old enemy, you always know where you stand.

A small bad intention is often far more easily believed than a big one, Magnificence

But for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say, 'There is something about you I cherish.

Immortality, power, dominance, all are illusions. Don't you see? We are simply pawns in a game beyond our understanding.' Pug

Old enemies must be friends when a greater evil looms.

in kings people overlook and forgive behaviour they would not tolerate in others.

As my grandmother said, 'Sorry won't unbreak the eggs'. Just clean the mess and move on.

Altruism accrues little benefit to those lying cold in the gutter.

The world is much larger than I once dreamed, or perhaps my place in it is smaller than I once realized.

Whatever displeasure she felt was openly voiced, and quickly resolved, by either compromise or one partner's acceptance of the other's intractability.

Never accept the proposition that just because a solution satisfies a problem, that it must be the only solution.

Informants can be helpful, but they are never infallible. All tools can break, or be turned into weapons.

Yes," said Talon, his voice the hiss of a coiled serpent.

Chumaka ended with a quotation from a play that Jiro favored. " 'Small acts partner small houses and small minds'.

on that night you told me you were the author of my current existence.

Train those around you well, Pug. Make them powerful, but make them loving, generous men and women as well.

My father used to say, "a day spent breathing is a good day

Good," said Creed. "I always like it when a captain has a plan; makes getting killed a lot less random.

Remember this: of all the commodities men trade in, information is the most valuable by far.

There was no answer he knew, until he actually faced death.

All right, me darlings. You heard the Captain. Look around and tell ol'Biggo what you thieving rascals grabbed when you ran for your lives!

People like rules, or at least the appearance of rules, even in fantasy.

It takes a man of unusual character to openly confront his own shortcomings. It's so much more convenient to blame others.

My ancestors were conquerors, though now they are heroes in our history." Glancing at Amos, he said, "But we wrote the history.

Boys... You're all idiots" - Carlaine

Neal had a couple of good ideas and they fit nicely, so that's the way I decided to go.

Then the universe rocks. The very fabric of reality is rent.

What matters isn't whether or not you're frightened, but how you behave.

when you enter another's reality, you observe her rules. Then

You can be as sharp-tongued as a viper, but you can also be as sweet as wild clover honey.

Dirk, stunning the man. Borric shoved the third bruiser hard into a fat merchant

Writing is hard work; it's also the best job I've ever had.

You can't succeed unless you're willing to risk failure

I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place.

I know you'll think this odd, but I find it strangely exhilarating not knowing what's coming next.

No matter how canny you think you are, something can come along, bam, and put you on your prat.

You must define yourself, for no one else has the wisdom to do it for you.

Robert had taught him to keep his thoughts in the present or near future, for as Robert had told him, To dwell in the past is to live in regret.

History is written by victors," said Duko. "But I have little use for history. It is the future with which I am concerned.

People will often do imponderable things because of how they feel, not because of what they think.

There is a hand behind every curtain,' " she quoted. " 'And a knife in every hand,' " finished Mara.

I love a question I can't answer. It keeps things interesting, even after so many years.

I just pray I don't have to work on you some day. Stitching together flesh that has no soul is bitter work.

We'll never again be the boys we once were, Tomas. But we've become so much more than we dreamed.

Now go. An actor should know when to leave the stage, a poet when the lay is finished, and a bard when it is time to put aside the lute.

You know what they say: 'Men have throats and daggers have sharp edges'.

The universe collapsed and came crashing down upon them. It

As a kid, I sat transfixed watching Ray Harryhausen's '7th Voyage of Sinbad.'

More men have been defeated by reports than all the steel of all the swords in history.

...knew the futility of agonizing over why things had transpired as they had. What could have happened, did.

When you talk about fantasy, the usual problem is that whilst you've got the world of imagination, there are no controlling forces.

My father, an occasionally wise man, once said that we were blessed only when the gods remained ignorant of us.

What you remember, it's real. It doesn't matter how accurate your memory of something is, it is real to you. What you perceive as reality is reality.

Luck is when those who are prepared take advantage of the moment.

Writing is not a competitive sport. Everyone that writes has his or her own voice.