A.F. Kay > Quotes

“Can you whistle?” Ruwen laughed. “Fine, I doubt I’m better than you at anything important.” “Says the guy that can whistle.”
― A.F. Kay, Shade's First Rule

“Like all fighting, avoidance is better than redirection, which is better than deflection, which is better than absorption.”
― A.F. Kay, Shade's First Rule

“So far this week I’ve been scolded with: caution is wisdom’s fruit; fairness only matters to a Judge; eat knowledge, drink sweat, crap luck; be seen, never noticed.”
― A.F. Kay, Shade's First Rule

“courage isn’t the absence of fear”
― A.F. Kay, The Twelfth Conclave

“New swords cause the most harm,”
― A.F. Kay, The Fourth Secret

“Happiness is found in the courage to love and lose, over and over, despite the pain.”
― A.F. Kay, Zealot's Eleventh Crusade

“avoidance is better than redirection, which is better than deflection, which is better than absorption.”
― A.F. Kay, Shade's First Rule

“Ditto?”
― A.F. Kay, The Second Betrayal

“Delay deals its own defeat, Sivart replied. While waiting for more information would certainly inform a better decision, it costs the opportunity to absorb, refine, and possibly replicate these new abilities. Your original logic is sound. Leaving a dagger behind when marching into battle with the hope of finding a sword along the way is foolish.”
― A.F. Kay, Tarot's Ninth Harbinger