Peter V. Brett > Quotes

“Let others determine your worth and you're already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“Welcome to adulthood." Cob said. "Every child finds a day when they realize that adults can be weak and wrong just like everyone else. After that day, you are an adult. Like it or not.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“We are what we choose to be, girl,' she said. 'Let others determine your worth, and you've already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“I don't pretend to see the path, but I know it's there all the same. One day, we'll look back and wonder how we ever missed it.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“Choose a book," she said. "Any book. Bring it here, and I'll show you what else the world can offer.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“There's a wide world out there, for those willing to brave the dark.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“There are times in life when we feel so very alive that when they pass, we feel … diminished. When that happens, we’ll do almost anything to feel so alive again.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“People make the world go, and Mothers make people, so they lead the dance.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“I am the palm and this is only wind. I will bend, but I will not break.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Daylight War

“You are my daughter. I would love you if you put out the sun.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Daylight War

“Fear and pain are only wind. Let it blow past you.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Daylight War

“Perhaps I am broken, he conceded silently, but broken bones heal stronger, and I will have my day in the sun.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear

“Because Ragen is kind hearted and strong at the same time, and I know how rare that kind of man is. Because I never doubted that he loved me, and would come back. But most of all, because the moments I had with him were worth all the ones apart.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“Sometimes I get so caught up in my own drama, I forget I'm not the only one in the play.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Daylight War

“Hiding isn't always enough, Arlen,' Ragen said. 'Sometimes, hiding kills something inside of you, so that even if you survive the demons, you don't really.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“Can’t trust no one else to do what you won’t do for yourself.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear

“I'll take my chances with this life all the same. The next one will find you no matter where you run. No sense chasing it.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“You can't help everyone, Arlen," Ragen said, "but you should make every
effort to help those you can.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“I learned a lot from this book, because I wrote it myself. My rating may be somewhat biased as a result.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“You came to lands that were not yours, murdered thousands of men, raped their women, enslaved their children, and think your soul is clean because their holy book’s a little different from yours! You keep the demons from them, ay, but chickens on the chopping block don’t call the butcher Deliverer for keeping the fox at bay.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Skull Throne

“We cannot tell the rain when to come, nor the winter, nor the cold.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“Cowards kill as often as heroes”
― Peter V. Brett, The Daylight War

“There’s nothing gained in lamenting what never was.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear

“Rojer nodded, but his eye grew wet. Leesha squeezed his hand. "Herb Gatherers see death often," she told him. "No one, no one, ever goes to the Creator with all their business complete. We all get a different length of time, but it needs to be enough, regardless.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“It doesn't serve the dead to stop living yourself, out of guilt.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“Great things can be found in small talk”
― Peter V. Brett, The Daylight War

“Few could match her wisdom, and fewer still her stubbornness.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man

“Pain teaches, Par’chin, Jardir had once told him, and so we give it freely. Pleasure teaches nothing, and so must be earned.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Daylight War

“I have rare moments of competence.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear

“Love nothing so much you cannot leave it at the bargaining table.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Skull Throne