Duncan M. Hamilton > Quotes

“Only a very special type of man can love one woman to the exclusion of everyone else. To the exclusion of everything else. To carry her memory across half the world and back again because of it, knowing that death is likely all that awaits him.’ He paused, purely for effect. ‘A very special type of man indeed.”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, The Wolf of the North

“He half expected deformities, crazed, manic behaviour; something, anything, that would mark them out as being his natural enemy. He was disappointed. It was more difficult to hate someone who looked just like the man who lived in the next house.”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, The Wolf of the North

“In his experience, humans treated the indigent in one of two ways: either they ignored them completely, or they behaved as if they were vermin”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, Knight of the Silver Circle

“only fools whined about circumstance. Men of success always searched out the opportunity, even when all appeared to be going against them.”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, Jorundyr's Path

“it was enough to get her thinking in a more proactive way. It made her look for handholds and ledges, rather than at the unclimbable mountain”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, The Blood Debt

“This time when their hands touched, she did not pull hers away. Before she knew what was happening he had leaned in and kissed her. She found herself returning his embrace. Before she closed her eyes, she saw Rosamund standing at the doorway.”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, Jorundyr's Path

“A good man seeks to leave the world better than he found it.”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, Jorundyr's Path

“than”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, The Wolf of the North

“a life could not be made sitting under a tree watching the clouds and dreaming.”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, The Wolf of the North

“If there was ever a place about which every ounce of common sense within me unanimously said "Going in there is a bad idea", this is it.’ ‘But we’re still going in,’ Qenna said. ‘Of course we are,’ Nicolo said. ‘When have we ever let common sense get in our way?”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, The Demon Hunter

“It was petty to hold a grudge against an entire people over the actions of a few, no matter how much injury they had caused,”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, Jorundyr's Path

“The small, timid boy who still hid in the back of his mind sought the comfort of a bowl of his mother’s stew, the warmth of the hearth, and the knowledge that his father,”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, The Blood Debt

“While he might not be able to control what happened to his body, he could always control what happened to his mind. He could choose what he allowed in and what he kept out.”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, The Wolf of the North

“Some people could clearly not bear the fact that others saw the world differently to the way they did. While”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, Jorundyr's Path

“Some people could clearly not bear the fact that others saw the world differently to the way they did.”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, Jorundyr's Path

“I would rather sup on my own entrails than break bread with you,” Jorundyr said.”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, Jorundyr's Path

“fame was spread hand in hand with Wulfric’s,”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, The Wolf of the North

“be patient. After weeks of walking Greyfell around the paddock and sharing apples”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, The Wolf of the North

“ablutions block”
― Duncan M. Hamilton, The Society of the Sword Trilogy