K.L. Conger > Quotes

“FEEL CERTAIN HISTORY will record the great massacre of Novgorod with sadness. I simply cannot imagine such an incident will be buried. There are other things I feel quite certain”
― K.L. Conger, Dungeons of Destiny

“I’ve come to believe there is a season for everything,”
― K.L. Conger, Dungeons of Destiny

“learn that lesson. And I did. Amidst blood, tears, and heartache...”
― K.L. Conger, Dungeons of Destiny

“You’ve also become my friend. As a friend, I reserve the right to tell you the things you refuse to tell yourself, even if you don’t want to hear them.”
― K.L. Conger, Dungeons of Destiny

“lone soldier who fled Novgorod, unable to stomach the evil deeds going on there. The fact that he killed the father of a noble household, which forced him to flee the Kremlin all together. The young, frightened maid he asked to accompany him, who couldn’t find the courage to do so. These things will remain unrecorded in the annals of history, along with the stories and sorrows of countless others who suffered under Ivan’s boot.”
― K.L. Conger, Dungeons of Destiny

“I think we always have the capacity to change our situations, Inga,” he said gently. “It’s just a matter of whether we’re willing to, whether we’re ready, and whether the consequences outweigh the risks.”
― K.L. Conger, Dungeons of Destiny

“The little tsar will remember the girl with the golden mane.” The Seer from the Plains of Arsk proved correct. Eventually. Don't they always? And yet, it all depended on me. I didn’t understand at the time. Life is a mystical and tragic thing. Words from one of the best men I ever watched die. I felt only cold at the time and built up thick walls around my heart. I didn’t think I possessed power over my own life.”
― K.L. Conger, Dungeons of Destiny

“LIGHTNING STRIKES THE Kremlin Wall A baby wails at birth. Learns survival, climbs through intrigue, hides in deceit The infant cries Village-pillage; innocent-ravage Young animals on spikes The child laughs Love. Matrimony.”
― K.L. Conger, Dungeons of Destiny

“Poisoned water Bodies fill the river Snow brings beasts and scars. Old age; legacy of death. A scepter through the heir’s head. Legacy of death and chess games. And the Tsar dies.”
― K.L. Conger, Dungeons of Destiny

“Tranquility is almost skin deep. Loss is rage, rage is frenzied brutality. The building blocks of Red Square bleed. Games of torture—play in Novgorod Bodies swim through red water The Volkhov clogs. Oiled frying pans and human skewers Blood and steam and death and heat The man laughs Age and Marriage bring greed, not wisdom”
― K.L. Conger, Dungeons of Destiny

“FEEL CERTAIN HISTORY will record the great massacre of Novgorod with sadness. I simply cannot imagine such an incident will be buried. There are other things I feel quite certain it will not record: the”
― K.L. Conger, Dungeons of Destiny

“I’d come to a great crossroads in my life and made what I would later come to realize was a wrong decision. “My soul is full of the flames of Moscow. It’s full of the blood of Novgorod and the soiled waters of the Volga...It’s full of you, Inga..." Taras’s words echoed powerfully in my heart. I’ve never forgotten them, even if they didn’t have the power to compel my action at the time.”
― K.L. Conger, Dungeons of Destiny