Raymond E. Feist

Quotes

• “It was something he had never quite understood about himself. He had seen thousands of men die in nearly ten years of wa...”
• “It's difficult the first time you have to get close to kill another. You see their eyes, see the light in it go out. Eve...”
• “A hunt leader could not show fear, or let it linger in his stomach, for others would sense it soon enough, taste that fe...”
• “Suddenly feeling overwhelmed, Talon said, 'It doesn’t matter. They are all dead.' He felt moisture gathering in his eyes...”
• “The ways of the heart are complex.” He looked out at the ocean again. “The waves churn and break upon the rocks, Talon. ...”
• “There were two things going on: 1) I had already established in my own mind where I wanted to go with the next series, a...”
• “Most of us move through life with little chance to learn much about ourselves. We know some things we like and some thin...”
• “Your human gods love to present you with such riddles and challenges, or so it has seemed to me for most of my life... Y...”
• “The pride Kaspar had seen in his father’s eyes, despite the admonishing words about foolish acts, had branded the boy fo...”
• “What is life for?' he asked rhetorically. 'It's a way to evolve thought. And what is thought for? It's a way to be aware...”
• “Never offer an oath lightly. For you pledge not only your life and sacred honor, but your people’s honor as well. To bre...”
• “Forgive me, Magnus.’‘I don’t know if I can.’‘You must.’Still looking into the distance, he said, ‘You need my forgivenes...”
• “He likes to humble our foes by making them seem ridiculous. As he said to me the other day, ‘Kill a man, and you cede hi...”
• “It's the problem with having a logical mind and giving women the same credit for ability as men, he mused as he dismount...”
• “That was not the professional hatred of one warrior for another in the heat of battle, in which even beneath the hatred ...”
• “why do I want to appear to be drinking more than I am?''Make it a habit. Men in their cups are fools, more often than no...”
• “he reminded himself as he turned another corner — glancing automatically into the shadows to see if anyone lurked there ...”
• “I let my anger consume me.”“It’s understandable,” she said.“It may be understandable,” replied Pug, “but it is no more f...”
• “He knew there was only a slight difference between an armed guard and an escort, but sometimes that difference separated...”
• “Robert had taught him to keep his thoughts in the present or near future, for as Robert had told him, To dwell in the pa...”
• “But should you ever come to a time when you need to say something upon my behalf, say this, 'The last truth is that ther...”
• “The order of the universe is like a gem with many facets, and we see only one, that which reflects the existence of our ...”
• “My ancestors were conquerors, though now they are heroes in our history." Glancing at Amos, he said, "But we wrote the h...”
• “History is written by victors,” said Duko. “But I have little use for history. It is the future with which I am concerne...”
• “It takes a man of unusual character to openly confront his own shortcomings. It’s so much more convenient to blame other...”
• “Some love comes like the wind off the sea, while others grow slowly from the seeds of friendship and kindness." - Carlin...”
• “Of all the weaknesses that beset a man, vanity is the most deadly. For through vanity can a wise man turn to folly.”
• “Chumaka ended with a quotation from a play that Jiro favored. “ ‘Small acts partner small houses and small minds'.”
• “...knew the futility of agonizing over why things had transpired as they had. What could have happened, did.”
• “Remember this: of all the commodities men trade in, information is the most valuable by far.”
• “Tragic to kill a friend in battle by mistake when there are so many enemies to go around.”
• “From our birth we are all dying, but some of us finish sooner than others.”
• “You learn something new every day, if you just stop to pay attention.”
• “Luck is when those who are prepared take advantage of the moment.”
• “Never think taking a life is easy. Do that and in a way they win.”
• “My father used to say, “a day spent breathing is a good day”
• “Yes,” said Talon, his voice the hiss of a coiled serpent.”
• “Old enemies must be friends when a greater evil looms.”