Brian Lee Durfee > Quotes

“In life, as in war, more is lost when hope dies, than by a cold steel and slaughter. —”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Trust is fleeting, while betrayal is timeless. Alas, life is crowded with lies. So be bloody, be brave, be happy. For at the end of every tale, nobody is who they seem to be. . . . —”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Face all challenges. Never run away from them. Especially if you are in the right.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Shawcroft stopped working and stared down at him. “The mountains hold music and magic for those who listen. And someday you will learn there are curious things hidden in the dirtier and darker places of this land. So keep sifting.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“What happens to the soul of a believer after death? Nothing. Naught but darkness and the unknown, as before birth. No afterlife. No family. No Warrior Angels sitting on the heights of the stars. When a believer loses faith and realizes this truth, his face will become that of a lost and frightened child. And who wishes to be a child? So the believers pretend to believe, even though the truth stares them daily in their frightened little faces. —THE BOOK OF THE BETRAYER”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Lonesome Crown

“Trust is fleeting, while betrayal is timeless.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart

“Death is the father of terror.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart

“But worst of all creatures found in the Five Isles are the merfolk—beautiful and shocking to behold, dangerous beyond measure. They will rape you and they will eat you. For they are the most vile of all living things. —THE WAY AND TRUTH OF LAIJON”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“It is what we do with our own selves that defines us. Not where we came from. Or who gave us birth.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart

“Nail was soon suspended a mere twenty feet or so above the ocean’s surface. He was ripe with fear at the thought of being dunked in with the sharks and merfolk.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Strip faith from the most faithful, belief from the heartiest believer, and what are you left with? The angriest and most dangerous of enemies.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart

“The man who is constantly present will never be as perfect as the one who is away, the one who is gone.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart

“Can a man truly be a hero one day, nothing the next?”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart

“The power of suggestion can make one see things where there may not be anything to see.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart

“Ready, my love—my nameless love?” “I am not your love.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart

“Is the nobleman truly brave? The first rule of soldiering is fortitude under hardship and fatigue. Courage is a distant second. Poverty and want are the best school for a brave soldier.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart

“It is sad, always belonging to people.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart

“Because those most devious know the power of suggestion is more powerful than reality. Reality can be brutally disappointing, whereas there resides limitless possibility in mere suggestion. It is the driving force behind belief and faith.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart

“Vanquish the lucky. Especially in war. Slay the lucky without mercy. Slay them swiftly and without hesitation, lest I grant them their undeserving triumph. For even the lowliest sparrow can discover the weakness and distraction in the most noble of dragons and get lucky.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Lonesome Crown

“Seasickness will dehydrate a fellow. Make your mouth feel as dry as a fat man’s titty.” Jenko”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Beware, for he who seeks knowledge finds only pain, for ofttimes truth is more cruel than the lie. For the key to Absolution shall come down to those lonely two who finally believe in one truth shared. - The Way and Truth of Laijon”
― Brian Lee Durfee

“No one belief system should be trusted.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Soon there were more sharks weaving just under the surface, fins ducking in and out of the water. Though considerably smaller than the grayken, these stark, graceful ghosts of the sea left a deadly aura in their wake.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Never let a fight last more than a few strokes of a blade. Never let a man who outweighs you get a firm hold on any part of your body.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart

“For that which was taken in blood, can only be regained in blood,”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“I feel so comfortable talking to you. I have never had anyone I could talk to, I mean truly, honestly talk to.” She brushed the back of her own fingers against the back of his hand, feeling the warmth of him. Her eyes gazed heavenward. She marveled at her sudden emotions for this strange boy. Glints of starlight twinkled above the courtyard, the vastness of the night sky making her feel so small. “When you look at the stars, what do you see?” she asked.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Lonesome Crown

“One must cease trying to control every little thing. Let the rivers flow, let the waters run where they may, for what destiny is yours shall remain the same and polished from the journey. - The Way and Truth of Laijon”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Lonesome Crown

“Love of god is not always equal to the love of good.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart

“if a man wasn’t killed in war, then that man’s mind, spirit, and emotions decayed, or, even worse, were willfully buried because of it.”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Forgetting Moon

“Yesterday’s beliefs and legends and prophecies should not be revered nor sought after. Yesterday’s wars should not matter today. Yesterday’s heroes should be forgotten and not worshipped. Why follow the beliefs of our grandfathers? Because they followed the beliefs of theirs. Who is to say they were ever right?”
― Brian Lee Durfee, The Blackest Heart