Eric Dontigney > Quotes

“Being friends with someone, even loving someone, doesn’t mean that you have to accept everything they believe. More to the point, you should run from anyone who tries to tell you otherwise. That kind of person isn’t anyone’s friend. Real friends, real loved ones, can disagree about important things and remain close.”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume One

“Something I learned the hard way is that it’s easy to convince yourself of ideals when there’s nothing around to challenge those ideals. It’s easy to think that you’re above doing something when there’s no chance that you’ll ever be put in a position to do that exact thing. When you travel, when you face new circumstances, the world has a way of confronting you with those choices.”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume Two

“A friend of mine told me once that not everything was her business. Curiosity”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume Five

“Teachers can only guide you so far because, at a certain point, everyone walks a path shaped by their own insights, affinities, and experiences. The longer you live, the farther you go, the more those paths diverge. And that’s not a bad thing. If you had good teachers, you should outgrow them and chart a path for yourself.”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume 7

“When emotions overwhelm us, we become the prey of others instead of the hunters.”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume 7

“Do not let the mountain ahead of you distract from the road before you,”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume One

“Judgment’s Gale.”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume One

“because one did not decline gifts or advice from divine turtles.”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume Three

“Stabbing you is always on the table.”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume Five

“You speak and expect to be heard, but you do not listen. You hear only your rage.”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume Five

“we reserve our empathy and compassion only for those who seem outwardly deserving of it, what manner of karma do we sow? How will souls become better in their next lives if they never experience empathy and compassion? How will we become better if we withhold empathy and compassion? I choose to aid the old fox out of compassion, in the hope that it will help him become better, if not in this life, then in his next life. I cannot wash away his sins, nor free him from his karmic debts, but I can give him that small gift. The experience of one person’s compassion.”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume 6

“Defiance was the only possible path to survival. Defiance done out of habit, or simply for its own sake, is a fool’s path.”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume Two

“Bah. You’ll have to wait for my wife to get back if you want to really learn about making food. That woman can conjure dumplings from a strong wind and almond cookies from moonlight. I can keep you from starving. She can feed you.”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume One

“he’d learned a lot of hard lessons about life before that. Possibly the most important lesson he’d taken away from both things was that enough perseverance could carry you through most challenges.”
― Eric Dontigney, Unintended Cultivator: Volume 7