Richard Denning > Quotes

“But, you're just a girl!" Ben said, his eyes widening with suprise and indignation.

The green eyes glanced downwards and before he could move, Ben felt a sharp point pricking at his throat.

"No, not just a girl..." the thief answered softly, "a girl with a knife!”
― Richard Denning, The Last Seal

“What you are and what you can be is your wyrd - your fate. Trust in your fate. It will not lead you astray. If destiny decrees that you will be a warrior, so you shall be. The horn could feel that in you: something about you that the others do not have. You are destined to lead and they to follow. Like all the treasures of the gods, the horn looks for rare people like you. It feels in you just a touch of the power that the gods have. That is why only you could get it to sound.”
― Richard Denning, Shield Maiden

“A man who fears nothing and stands in danger’s path is not heroic. He might be considered perhaps foolish, or maybe lucky not to be afraid, but why heroic? More heroic is the man who is afraid and still faces the danger: because he chooses to for others’ sake”
― Richard Denning, Tomorrow's Guardian

“His skin was the palest white and his hair the fairest blond she had ever seen.”
― Richard Denning, Shield Maiden

“The horn could feel that in you: something about you that the others do not have.”
― Richard Denning, Shield Maiden

“the late afternoon shadows that formed under the eaves of a house. As we approached, my father, who was sitting on the front of the wagon, seemed to stiffen. I looked at my brother and was startled to see that he wore a scowl. The woman stepped out into the road and my father, jumping down, went over to her. They spoke for a few moments and then he handed the two sacks to her. Without any more words, he then walked back to the cart. When he had gone only a few paces, she called to”
― Richard Denning, The Amber Treasure

“Sometimes, doing the right thing is not pleasant and nice. Indeed, sometimes it is horrible and painful. But, deep down you know in your heart that it’s the right thing and you do it anyway: whatever the cost.”
― Richard Denning, Tomorrow's Guardian

“never before been given to a child of your world.”
― Richard Denning, Shield Maiden

“You will be fine, my sister will be with you,”
― Richard Denning, Shield Maiden

“Anna saw that he was even taller”
― Richard Denning, Shield Maiden

“What you are and what you can be is your wyrd - your fate. Trust in your fate. It will not lead you astray. If destiny decrees that you will be a warrior, so you shall be.”
― Richard Denning, Shield Maiden