Michael J. Sullivan

Quotes

• “You can go back to blacksmithing in Hintindar and live a quiet happy life. Do me a favor and marry some pretty farm girl...”
• “When you are so ashamed of your actions, thoughts, or intentions, you lie rather than accepting yourself for who you rea...”
• “The thing about the old is that we never change so much as the young. We slip in degrees, adding rings like trees--a new...”
• “Royce looked back down at the stream below. "She doesn't even know me. What if she doesn't like me? Few people do.""She ...”
• “I just want to say, for the record, as far as Royal protectors go, you're not very good.""It's my first day," Royce repl...”
• “Arista," the wizard said, "sharks don't eat seafood because they like it, but because chickens don't swim. We all do the...”
• “If given a choice between a potentially great hardship and doing nothing, people gravitate toward what was most familiar...”
• “If anyone had asked Royce Melborn what he hated most at that moment, he would’ve said dogs. Dogs and dwarves topped his ...”
• “Fulfillment comes from striving to succeed, to survive by your own wits and strength. Such things make each of us who we...”
• “Hadrian leapt to his feet. Royce was already up.“Don’t bother,” Esrahaddon told them. “She’s dead, and there’s nothing y...”
• “Verily, for nine hundred years have I lost. Everyone I knew is dead, the empire gone, and who knows in what state the wo...”
• “Don't worry, my son, if you don't believe in Maribor and the blessings He provides. Belief in Him isn't a requirement. ...”
• “Slaying dragons, melting witches, and banishing demons is all fun and games until someone loses a sidekick—then it’s per...”
• “Take my advice: live your life to the fullest. Breathe the air, taste the wine, kiss the girls, and always remember that...”
• “When you expect nothing from the world - not the light of the sun, the wet of water, nor the air to breathe - everything...”
• “See, that’s the difference,” Mauvin said. “I suffer a loss and people console me. Royce suffers a loss and whole towns e...”
• “It's easier to believe the most outlandish lie that confirms what you suspect than the most obvious truth that denies it...”
• “There always seemed to be a better way, except when it came to people. Once broken, people couldn't be repaired.”
• “That’s what a good wife does, keeps your dreams alive even when you don’t believe anymore.”
• “That’s what a good wife does, keeps your dreams alive even when you don’t believe anymore”
• “One truth doesn't refute another. Truth doesn't lie in the object, but in how we see it.”
• “I just never noticed how little of me existed before. I was a shadow without a person.”
• “And if you can't trust an ancient talking tree, what was the point of having one?”
• “Sharks don’t eat seafood because they like it, but because chicken can’t swim.”
• “When the dead betray the living, the victims are memories.--The Book of Brin”
• “Always remember that the tales of another are never as wondrous as your own.”
• “That living has no value - it's what you do with life that gives it worth.”
• “Revenge is a bittersweet fruit that leaves the foul aftertaste of regret.”
• “If this hast been done to language, I fear to know the fate of all else.”
• “Power doesn't equal worth. Wisdom is a far greater virtue.”
• “Sometimes the price of dreams is achieving them.”