Ben S. Dobson > Quotes

“Sivisk”—that must have been the kobold guard—“tells me you were student in magic here with no magic. How do you fool so many mages for so long?” “Trickery and deceit, mostly,” Tane said.”
― Ben S. Dobson, The Flaw in All Magic

“Keeping an oath when it is easy to keep means nothing—it is what we do when those oaths become difficult that defines us.”
― Ben S. Dobson, Scriber

“I hope you’ll forgive me, Scriber. When impostors”
― Ben S. Dobson, Scriber

“I could ask you to make the same promise." "What, to keep myself safe?" "No," I said. "To keep me safe. You're the one with the sword.”
― Ben S. Dobson, Scriber

“And as much as she wanted to kick him in the head just then, he was going to need her.”
― Ben S. Dobson, The Flaw in All Magic

“Fear doesn’t make you a coward, Scriber. But you may want to consider what this fear will cost.”
― Ben S. Dobson, Scriber

“It is fear that keeps them from seeing,” said Leste. “If they do not accept a thing, they think it will not be true.”
― Ben S. Dobson, Scriber

“We abandon each other too easily, I think.”
― Ben S. Dobson, The Swampling King

“When you can have anything you want, nothing has much value.”
― Ben S. Dobson, Scriber