Andrew Hunter > Quotes

“Passing the reins to a guardsman, he said, “Tend him well. He’s carried me through hell.”
― Andrew Hunter, The Hungering Flame

“I'm honored to meet a future Death Lord,”
― Andrew Hunter, The Necromancer's Nephew

“A girl is only happy when she believes that she is the sole occupant of your heart. It is a little nest of fantasy that each woman weaves for herself, never realizing that she roosts in the branches of a mighty oak, strong enough and broad enough to shelter many such little nests.”
― Andrew Hunter, Sword of the Spellbreaker

“we don't get to choose what trials we will face. We can only choose how we will face them.”
― Andrew Hunter, The Necromancer's Nephew

“Worry is making yourself sick over what you imagine someone else thinks of you. Caution can save your life. Worry drains all the joy from it.”
― Andrew Hunter, Songreaver

“Did you ever wonder why it isn't the big things that get under your skin?" she asked, "I mean, most people... they don't spend their time thinking about the real dangers of the world, like famine or plague or that tidal wave of red heretics looming over us. No, most people spend all their time worrying about that merchant who cheated them or that kid who roughed them up and stole their coin purse”
― Andrew Hunter, The Frostwoven Crown

“If you are worried about being judged for something that you cannot change about yourself, simply give your audience something else to occupy their attention. It is better to be scandalous than to be dismissed. It is better to be remembered than overlooked, and, if you are to be remembered for something, let it be for something you choose.”
― Andrew Hunter, The Frostwoven Crown

“I shall have to write a letter of thanks to your ghostly friend." "I don't think she could read it," Garrett said. "My Elvish is a bit rusty, but..." "I mean, how would she hold it to read it?" Garrett asked. "You can read it to her," Tinjin said. "I can't read Elvish!" Garrett protested. Too late, he saw the little smile at the corner of Tinjin's lips. "Then this shall be..." "...an excellent learning opportunity," Garrett completed the sentence for him. "Exactly," Tinjin said.”
― Andrew Hunter, Songreaver

“I'm saying that we are born into this world with all the power and will we need to be men like Uncle Tinjin, men who do the gods' work, whether they are told to or not. Where evil thrives, the failure is ours.”
― Andrew Hunter, Songreaver

“Max glared at his friend. "The civilized people are talking right now, Mister Witchdoctor, please wait your turn.”
― Andrew Hunter, Songreaver

“The poor little human girl’s gonna catch the sniffles,” Haven mocked, “I guess you’d better go over there and keep her warm!”
― Andrew Hunter, Trials of the Twiceborn